Voltage Drivers with Reduced Power Consumption during Polarity Transition

A method, comprising:

• transitioning, by a voltage driver connected to a memory cell, between driving in a first polarity using a negative power voltage relative to ground and driving in a second polarity using a positive power voltage relative to the ground;
• driving, by the voltage driver in the first polarity to the memory cell, a first de-selection voltage in response to a control line receiving a first voltage but a negative selection voltage in response to the control line receiving a third voltage;
• and
• driving, by the voltage driver in the second polarity to the memory cell, a second de-selection voltage in response to the control line receiving a second voltage but a positive selection voltage in response to the control line receiving a fourth voltage.

A memory device, comprising:

• a controller;
• first wires configured in parallel in a first layer of an integrated circuit die;
• second wires configured in parallel in a second layer of the integrated circuit die;
• an array of memory cells configured between the first layer and the second layer,
• wherein each respective memory cell in the array is at a cross point of one of the first wires and one of the second wires;
• first voltage drivers connected to the first wires respectively;
• and
• second voltage drivers connected to the second wires respectively;
• wherein each respective voltage driver in the first voltage drivers and the second voltage drivers is of depletion type.