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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Perlegos, Cupertino, CA (US);
Saroj Pathak, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307463 ; 307475 ; 365230 ;
Abstract
A metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) static decoding circuit for selecting an addressed line in a high density memory array, or the like, is disclosed. The circuit may be laid-out along array lines where the lines have a pitch of approximately 12.25 microns. Three levels of decoding are employed. The highest level permits the pulling-up of a common node in the second level decoder. The third level of decoding selects one of a plurality of array lines coupled to this node. Zero threshold voltage MOS devices are employed for coupling the first and third decoders to the second decoder.