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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
David R. Hansen, Brewster, NY (US);
Gregory J. Fredeman, Staatsburg, NY (US);
John W. Golz, Garrison, NY (US);
Hoki Kim, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Paul C. Parries, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
David R. Hansen, Brewster, NY (US);
Gregory J. Fredeman, Staatsburg, NY (US);
John W. Golz, Garrison, NY (US);
Hoki Kim, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Paul C. Parries, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A memory system includes a memory array, a plurality of wordline drivers, a row address decoder block which has a plurality of outputs connected to selected ones of the wordline drivers, a row selector block which has a selector lines connected to individual ones of the wordline drivers. A power management circuit having a power down input for a power down input signal (WLPWRDN) and a wordline power down output (WLPDN) is connected to the wordline drivers to lower the power consumption thereof as a function of the power down input signal.