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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tomishima Shigeki, Portland, OR (US);

Kuljit S. Bains, Olympia, WA (US);

Tomer Levy, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 8/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G11C 7/106 (2013.01); G11C 7/1087 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 8/10 (2013.01); G11C 8/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technologies for clearing a page of memory include a memory device configured write a value to a block of memory cells in response to an activation signal. The memory device includes a row decoder responsive to a memory address to select a row of memory cells and a column decoder responsive to the activation signal to select one or more columns of memory cells. Additionally, a write driver of the memory device is configured to write a value to global input/output lines, which are connected to the selected memory cells in response to the activation signal and regardless of data received on a data input of the write driver.


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