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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Luoqi Li, Meridian, ID (US);
Huy Thanh Vo, Boise, ID (US);
Christopher John Kawamura, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 7/06 (2013.01); G11C 7/1069 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus may include a sense amplifier with a single column select transistor, a local input/output line selectively couplable to a first bit line through the column select transistor, and a read/write gap comprising at least a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor may be couplable to a read select signal and a complimentary local input/output line and the second transistor is couplable to the complimentary local input/output line and a global input/output line.