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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jainendra Singh, Bangalore, IN;
Pankaj Agarwal, Bangalore, IN;
Patrick van de Steeg, Oss, NL;
Jwalant Kumar Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a memory circuit and a word-line driver circuit. The memory circuit includes a plurality of rows of memory cells, each memory cell in a corresponding row having pass transistors connected to a shared word-line. The word-line driver circuit is configured and arranged to enable pass transistors of a first set of memory cells of the memory circuit by applying a first voltage to word-lines of the first set of memory cells, disable pass transistors of a second set of memory cells of the memory circuit by applying a second voltage to word-lines of the second set of memory cells, and mitigate leakage of pass transistors of a third set of memory cells of the memory circuit by applying a third voltage to word-lines of the third set of memory cells, wherein the third voltage is between the first and second voltages.