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Dynamic random access memory having row decoder with level translator for driving a word line voltage above and below an operating supply voltage range

US5696721A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 5, 1995
Grant dateDec 9, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C8/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit is designed with a decoder circuit (10), responsive to a first input signal (81) having a first voltage range, for producing a first output signal. An output circuit (11), responsive to the first output signal, produces a second output signal (26) having a second voltage range. The second voltage range includes a voltage less than a least voltage of the first voltage range and a voltage greater than a greatest voltage of the first voltage range.

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