US 12,266,418 B2
Memory device having row driver circuits for reducing leakage currents during power off
Youngjin Yoon, Milpitas, CA (US); Kwang Kyung Lee, Milpitas, CA (US); Seung Cheol Bae, Milpitas, CA (US); Kangmin Lee, Milpitas, CA (US); Sangmin Jun, Milpitas, CA (US); and Sun Byeong Yoon, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION INC., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by Integrated Silicon Solution Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,938.
Prior Publication US 2024/0170028 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G11C 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 5/148 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory device comprising a plurality of memory banks for data storage, wherein each of the memory banks comprises:
a memory array, comprising a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns; and
a driver circuit, coupled to the memory array, arranged to operably write data to the memory array according to write signals; wherein the driver circuit comprises a plurality of row driver circuits each coupled to a corresponding row of the memory cells for receiving and converting respective row data for the corresponding row of the memory cells; wherein:
the memory device further comprises a global driver power circuit coupled to the plurality of memory banks, arranged to operably provide a global driver power to row driver circuits in all of the plurality of memory banks;
each of the memory banks further comprises a local driver power circuit, providing a local driver power for powering row driver circuits in a corresponding memory bank;
the local driver power comprises a first multi-threshold power signal; and
the local driver power circuit comprises a first P-type multi-threshold complementary metal oxide semiconductor (MTCMOS) coupled to a power supply and a control signal, controlled by the control signal to provide the first multi-threshold power signal to the row driver circuits in the corresponding memory bank;
wherein the global driver power circuit comprises a second P-type MTCMOS coupled to the power supply and the control signal, controlled by the control signal to generate a second multi-threshold power signal to an operation stage of each of the row driver circuits in each of the memory banks;
wherein the global driver power circuit further comprises a N-type MTCMOS coupled to a ground voltage source and a complementary control signal, controlled by the complementary control signal to generate a second multi-threshold ground signal to the operation stage of each of the row driver circuits in each of the memory banks.