Patent attributes
A word line boost circuit includes a first pump circuit, a first transistor, a voltage detection circuit and a second pump circuit. The first pump circuit provides a gate boosted signal according to an address transfer detection (ATD) signal. The first transistor has a control terminal for receiving the gate boosted signal and a second terminal coupled to a target word line. The voltage detection circuit is for detecting a voltage level of the gate boosted signal and accordingly outputting a detection signal. The second pump circuit is for outputting a boost signal to a first terminal of the first transistor according to a voltage level of the detection signal. The boost signal boosts the target word line via the turned-on first transistor.
