G11C 8/08
Word line control circuits
Official title: Word line control circuits, e.g. drivers, boosters, pull-up circuits, pull-down circuits, precharging circuits, for word lines
G11C8/08 (Word line control circuits) appears on 3,803 US grants and 3,348 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11C- Granted patents
- 3,803
- Published applications
- 3,348
- Assignees
- 496
- Inventors
- 4,419
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 91 | 89 |
| 2003 | 102 | 77 |
| 2004 | 77 | 74 |
| 2005 | 61 | 94 |
| 2006 | 85 | 112 |
| 2007 | 109 | 155 |
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| 2009 | 127 | 148 |
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| 2020 | 195 | 170 |
| 2021 | 148 | 156 |
| 2022 | 151 | 177 |
| 2023 | 134 | 192 |
| 2024 | 172 | 139 |
| 2025 | 139 | 130 |
| 2026 | 65 | 74 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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