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Semiconductor memory device with a detection circuit to detect word line potential

US4807193A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 25, 1987
Grant dateFeb 21, 1989
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C7/22
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A one-transistor one-capacitor type semiconductor memory device having a detection circuit for detecting the electric potential of a word line, to determine an appropriate timing for driving a sense amplifier, thereby improving the speed of memory operations.

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