Random access memory dual word line recovery circuitry

Discharge circuitry for rapidly discharging each of a plurality of electrical conductors when the voltage thereon drops from a first selected voltage level through a mid-state transition toward a second voltage level, said circuitry comprising:

• a plurality of first transistors each coupled in series with a resistance element being one of said plurality of conductors and a first current source conductor common to the emitters of all of said first transistors;
• control circuitry coupled to the base of each of said plurality of first transistors and to its respective electrical conductor, said control circuitry applying to said base a voltage of one V.sub.be below the voltage on said respective conductor, the particular first transistor of said plurality that receives the highest base voltage from its control circuitry establishing the voltage level on said first current source conductor and the emitter of each of said plurality of first transistors;
• a plurality of second transistors each coupled between one of said plurality of conductors and a second current source conductor common to the emitters of all of said second transistors, the base of each of said second transistors being coupled to the collector of a corresponding one of said first transistors, the particular second transistor of said plurality that receives the highest base voltage establishing the voltage level on said second current source conductor and the emitters of each of said plurality of second transistors.