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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Thomas W. Liston, Austin, TX (US);
Shahnaz P. Chowdhury-nagle, Austin, TX (US);
Perry H. Pelley, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas W. Liston, Austin, TX (US);
Shahnaz P. Chowdhury-Nagle, Austin, TX (US);
Perry H. Pelley, III, Austin, TX (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A memory includes a bit cell array including a plurality of word lines and address decode circuitry having an output to provide a predecode value. The address decode circuitry includes a first plurality of transistors having a first gate oxide thickness. The memory further includes word line driver circuitry having an input coupled to the output of the address decode circuitry and a plurality of outputs, each output coupled to a corresponding word line of the plurality of word lines. The word line driver includes a second plurality of transistors having a second gate oxide thickness greater than the first gate oxide thickness. A method of operating the memory also is provided.