Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatuses of driver circuits without voltage level shifters
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Application No.: US16696246Application Date: 2019-11-26
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Publication No.: US10777236B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Tae H. Kim , Byung S. Moon
- Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14 ; G11C8/10

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are provided for driver circuits without voltage level shifters. An example apparatus includes a semiconductor device including a row decoder circuit that includes a driver circuit and a switching circuit. The driver circuit is configured to receive an input signal having a first logical value, a first voltage signal, and a configurable power signal. The driver circuit is further configured to provide an output signal having the first logical value based on the first signal having the first logical value. A voltage level of the input signal is based on the first voltage signal and a voltage level the output signal is based on the configurable voltage signal. The switching circuit is configured to receive the first voltage signal and a second voltage signal and to provide the configurable voltage signal having a voltage level of one of the first voltage signal or the second voltage signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200098400A1 METHODS AND APPARATUSES OF DRIVER CIRCUITS WITHOUT VOLTAGE LEVEL SHIFTERS Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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