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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Thomas M. Maffitt, Burlington, VT (US);
Russell J. Houghton, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Mark David Jacunski, Colchester, VT (US);
William Robert Tonti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Kevin McStay, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for wordline voltage compensation in integrated memories is provided, where the apparatus includes an array threshold voltage (“V ”) monitor, a wordline on voltage (“V ”) generator in signal communication with the threshold voltage monitor for providing a wordline on voltage responsive to a change in the monitored array threshold voltage, and a wordline off voltage (“V ”) generator in signal communication with the threshold voltage monitor for providing a wordline off voltage responsive to a change in the monitored array threshold voltage; and where the corresponding method for compensating each of a wordline on signal and a wordline off signal in correspondence with an array threshold signal includes monitoring an array threshold signal, generating a wordline on signal responsive to the monitored array threshold signal, and generating a wordline off signal responsive to the monitored array threshold signal.