A resistor in series with the selection transistors is shunted by an active device when a word line is selected, allowing the resistor to be given a high, current limiting value to reduce {HEAD ~ power} consumed by {TAIL ~ the decoder/driver circuit} when the word line is deselected 
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A resistor in series with the selection transistors is shunted by an active device when a word line is selected , allowing the resistor to be given a high , current limiting value to reduce { HEAD ~ power } consumed by { TAIL ~ the decoder / driver circuit } when the word line is deselected
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