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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Murray, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Paul D Madland, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365203 ; 262202 ; 262190 ;
Abstract
The precharged bit lines of a memory array are provided with corresponding pass gate devices and a common complementary regulation and control circuitry to keep the precharged bit lines at a voltage below a first voltage and to counter-act any leakage to Vcc through a small current drain to a reference voltage. As a result, the voltage on the precharged bit lines are prevented from moving closer to Vcc, even during a prolonged idle period, and failure will not occur, when the memory cells are accessed again after the prolonged idle period.