Patent ID: 11942142
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. An apparatus comprising:
a first subword driver coupled to a first main word line and a first common transistor, and configured to drive a first word line;
a second subword driver coupled to a second main word line and the first common transistor, and configured to drive a second word line;
a third subword driver coupled to the first main word line and a second common transistor, and configured to drive a third word line; and
a fourth subword driver coupled to the second main word line and the second common transistor, and configured to drive a fourth word line, wherein
the apparatus further comprises a gate that is disposed between the first and the second main word lines on a diffusion sub region, and
a width of the diffusion sub region includes a portion where the gate intersects that is narrower than other portions of the diffusion sub region.