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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Brox, Munchen, DE;
Helmut Schneider, Munchen, DE;
Thomas Vogelsang, Williston, VT (US);
Michael Killian, Ritchmont, VT (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365204 ; 36518908 ;
Abstract
A configuration for crosstalk attenuation in substantially mutually parallel word lines of DRAM circuits, includes a decoder provided at a first end of a word line, and a holding transistor. A pull-down device is provided as a 'noise killer' at a second end of the word line, which opposite the first end. The pull-down device pulls down the potential of the word line in a standby and hold mode in the event of an active adjacent word line.