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Configuration for crosstalk attenuation in word lines of DRAM circuits

US6160747A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Martin Brox · Munich, DE
Helmut Schneider · Hersbruck, DE
Thomas Vogelsang · Mountain View, US
Michael Killian · South Burlington, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 28, 1999
Grant date	Dec 12, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 28, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C8/08
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A configuration for crosstalk attenuation in substantially mutually parallel word lines of DRAM circuits, includes a decoder provided at a first end of a word line, and a holding transistor. A pull-down device is provided as a "noise killer" at a second end of the word line, which opposite the first end. The pull-down device pulls down the potential of the word line in a standby and hold mode in the event of an active adjacent word line.

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