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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2010
Chung-ji LU, Fongyuan, TW;
Lee-cheng Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Hung-jen Liao, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Hsu-shun Chen, Toufen Town, Miaoli County, TW;
Hong-chen Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-yi Wu, Taipei, TW;
Uppu Sharath Chandra, Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Ji Lu, Fongyuan, TW;
Lee-Cheng Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Hung-Jen Liao, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Hsu-Shun Chen, Toufen Town, Miaoli County, TW;
Hong-Chen Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Yi Wu, Taipei, TW;
Uppu Sharath Chandra, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A representative circuit device includes a local control circuit having a level shifter, wherein in response to receipt of a first address signal the level shifter shifts the first address signal from a first voltage level to a second voltage level, providing a level shifted first address signal; and a word-line driver having at least one input for receiving a plurality of address signals, wherein the at least one input includes a first input that is coupled to the local control circuit to receive the level shifted first address signal, and an output that is electrically coupled to a word line of a memory cell array.