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US 8,077,528 · App. 12/715,504 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

Low couple effect bit-line voltage generator

Assignee: Macronix International Co. Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,077,528
App. No.
12/715,504
Granted
Dec 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bit-line voltage generator is provided. The bit-line voltage generator includes a discharge enhanced bias source and a switch unit. The switch unit includes a clamp transistor having a source, a gate connected to the discharge enhanced bias source, and a drain receiving a voltage; a switch transistor having a gate receiving a control signal, a drain connected to the source of the clamp transistor, and a source connected to a memory array, wherein a parasitic capacitor exists between the gate and the source of the clamp transistor; a resistor having a first terminal connected to the drain of the switch transistor, and a second terminal connected to ground; and a capacitor having a first terminal connected to the drain of the switch transistor, and a second terminal connected to ground, wherein a charge in the parasitic capacitor, when the switch transistor is turned on, is almost identical to that when the switch transistor is turned off, so that a couple effect between the switch unit and the discharge enhanced bias source is reduced, thereby stabilizing a bias applied to the memory array.

Claims (10)

1. A switch unit, comprising:

a first transistor having a source, a gate connected to a discharge bias source, and a drain receiving a voltage;

a second transistor having a gate receiving a control signal, a drain connected to the source of the first transistor, and a source connected to a memory array, wherein a parasitic capacitor exists between the gate and the source of the first transistor;

a resistor having a first terminal connected to the drain of the second transistor, and a second terminal connected to ground; and

a capacitor having a first terminal connected to the drain of the second transistor, and a second terminal connected to ground.

2. The switch unit as claim 1 , wherein a charge of the parasitic capacitor, when the second transistor is turned on, is almost identical to that when the second switch transistor is turned off.

3. A bit-line voltage generator, comprising:

a discharge enhanced bias source; and

a switch unit having a circuit unit and a parasitic capacitor, and connected between the discharged enhanced bias source and a memory array,

wherein the circuit unit makes a charge in the parasitic capacitor, when the switch unit is turned on, almost identical to that when the switch unit is turned off.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 11967677 · Dec 31, 2007
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