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Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2017
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventor:

Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Iruma, JP;

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G06F 13/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses and methods for controlling word lines and sense amplifiers in a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes: a sub word line selection signal decoder which activates at least one of a plurality of sub word selection signals responsive to row address signals; a column segment selection signal decoder which activates at least one of a plurality of column segment signals responsive to a portion of column address signals and a portion of the row address signals; a column segment selection circuit which activates at least one of a plurality of column-subword selection signals responsive to the activated column segment signal and the activated sub word selection signal; and a sub word line driver which activates at least one of a plurality of sub word lines responsive to an activated main word line and the activated sub word selection signal.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kajigaya, Kazuhiko. (2018). Apparatuses and methods for controlling wordlines and sense amplifiers (U.S. Patent No. 9984739). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9984739

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