Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Row decoder for a non-volatile memory device, having reduced area occupation
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Application No.: US15083056Application Date: 2016-03-28
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Publication No.: US09767907B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Salvatore Polizzi , Giovanni Campardo
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: IT102015000053069 20150918
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C16/08 ; G11C16/24 ; G11C16/10 ; G11C8/10

Abstract:
A row decoder for a non-volatile memory device includes an input and pre-decoding module that receives address signals and generates pre-decoded address signals. A decoding module receives the pre-decoded address signals for generation on an output of decoded address signals. A driving module generates biasing signals for biasing wordlines of a memory array. The decoding module envisages a plurality of decoding stages, each of which carries out an operation of an OR logic combination between a first and a second predecoded address signal to be combined. The decoding module includes at least one first pass transistor for selectively transferring onto the output the one between the first and second predecoded address signals to be combined in a first operating condition. The decoding module includes at least one first pull-up transistor to selectively bring the output to a high state in at least one second operating condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170084334A1 ROW DECODER FOR A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, HAVING REDUCED AREA OCCUPATION Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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