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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takao Akaogi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ali K. Al-Shamma, San Jose, CA (US);
Lee Edward Cleveland, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yong Kim, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jin-Lien Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Boon Tang Teh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kendra Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
A voltage boost circuit (,) for a memory (,) includes a boosting circuit (,) which is coupled to a boosted node (,) to boost a word line voltage for accessing a core cell of the memory. The voltage boost circuit further includes a reset circuit (,) coupled to the boosted node and including a switchable zero-threshold transistor (,) for resetting the boosted node to a reset voltage (VCC).