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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1994

Filed:

Feb. 11, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Makoto Yanagisawa, Kawasaki, JP;

Yukinori Kodama, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523006 ; 36518911 ;
Abstract

In a word line driving circuit coupled to a word line of a memory cell array of a semiconductor memory device, a first transistor has a first terminal receiving an input signal based on a row address signal applied to the semiconductor memory device, a second terminal, and a control terminal receiving a first timing signal. A second transistor having a first terminal receiving a second timing signal, a second terminal connected to the word line, and a control terminal connected to the second terminal of the first transistor. A third transistor has a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the second transistor, a second terminal set at a predetermined potential, and a control terminal receiving a third timing signal. The first transistor has a threshold voltage less than that of at least one of the second and third transistors.


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