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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2022
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventor:

John Schreck, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40 (2005.12); G11C 11/408 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4085 (2012.12); G11C 11/4087 (2012.12);
Abstract

In some examples, a main word line driver may include a transistor that is driven between an on state and a high resistance state by a signal based, at least in part, on a row address. In both states, the transistor may maintain a main word line in an inactive state. When in the high resistance state, the transistor may be overridden by a decoder that drives the main word line to an active state. In some examples, a main word line driver may include a transistor maintained in a high resistance state coupled in parallel with another transistor that may be driven between an on state and an off state by a signal based, at least in part, on a row address. When the other transistor is in the off state, the high resistance state transistor may be overridden by a decoder that drives a main word line to an active state.


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