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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jason T Su, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jitendra Khare, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 11/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 7/02 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 11/418 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device (e.g., an integrated circuit memory device such as a static random access memory device) includes word line drivers. Each of the word line drivers includes a pull-up device that is coupled to a node via a shared line. A precharge device is coupled between a power supply and the node. The precharge device and a pull-up device for a selected word line driver are controlled to allow the power supply to charge the node and then to allow the charge stored in the node to flow into a word line corresponding to the selected word line driver.