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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Noriaki Mochida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/06 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/4097 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 11/4097 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is provided with: subword drivers SWD for driving subword lines SWL, a selection circuit for supplying either negative potential VKKor VKKto the subword drivers SWD, and memory cells MC that are selected in the case when the subword line SWL is set to an active potential VPP and are not selected in the case when the subword line SWL is either a negative potential VKKor VKK