AU2000268134A1 - A method and apparatus for accelerating signal equalization between a pair of signal lines - Google Patents

A method and apparatus for accelerating signal equalization between a pair of signal lines

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AU2000268134A1
AU2000268134A1 AU2000268134A AU6813400A AU2000268134A1 AU 2000268134 A1 AU2000268134 A1 AU 2000268134A1 AU 2000268134 A AU2000268134 A AU 2000268134A AU 6813400 A AU6813400 A AU 6813400A AU 2000268134 A1 AU2000268134 A1 AU 2000268134A1
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pair
signal
accelerating
equalization
signal lines
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AU2000268134A
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Paul Demone
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Mosaid Technologies Inc
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Mosaid Technologies Inc
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Priority claimed from CA 2313951 external-priority patent/CA2313951A1/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/21—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements
    • G11C11/34—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices
    • G11C11/40—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors
    • G11C11/401—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors forming cells needing refreshing or charge regeneration, i.e. dynamic cells
    • G11C11/4063—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for addressing, decoding, driving, writing, sensing or timing
    • G11C11/407—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for addressing, decoding, driving, writing, sensing or timing for memory cells of the field-effect type
    • G11C11/409—Read-write [R-W] circuits 
    • G11C11/4091—Sense or sense/refresh amplifiers, or associated sense circuitry, e.g. for coupled bit-line precharging, equalising or isolating
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C7/00—Arrangements for writing information into, or reading information out from, a digital store
    • G11C7/12—Bit line control circuits, e.g. drivers, boosters, pull-up circuits, pull-down circuits, precharging circuits, equalising circuits, for bit lines
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C2207/00—Indexing scheme relating to arrangements for writing information into, or reading information out from, a digital store
    • G11C2207/12—Equalization of bit lines

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Dram (AREA)
  • Static Random-Access Memory (AREA)
AU2000268134A 2000-07-07 2000-08-31 A method and apparatus for accelerating signal equalization between a pair of signal lines Abandoned AU2000268134A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US21668000P 2000-07-07 2000-07-07
CA 2313951 CA2313951A1 (en) 2000-07-07 2000-07-07 Scheme for accelerating bit line equalization in a high speed dram architecture
CA2313951 2000-07-07
US60216680 2000-07-07
PCT/CA2000/001008 WO2002005289A1 (en) 2000-07-07 2000-08-31 A method and apparatus for accelerating signal equalization between a pair of signal lines

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AU2000268134A1 true AU2000268134A1 (en) 2002-01-21

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KR (1) KR20030037263A (en)
CN (1) CN1454385A (en)
AU (1) AU2000268134A1 (en)
DE (1) DE10085476T1 (en)
GB (1) GB2379546A (en)
WO (1) WO2002005289A1 (en)

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WO2002005289A1 (en) 2002-01-17
KR20030037263A (en) 2003-05-12
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GB2379546A (en) 2003-03-12

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