Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory architecture having first and second voltages
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Application No.: US15915242Application Date: 2018-03-08
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Publication No.: US10468075B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Atul Katoch , Cormac Michael O'Connell
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14 ; G11C11/412 ; G11C11/417 ; G11C11/418 ; G11C11/419

Abstract:
A memory macro includes: word lines; memory cells arranged in an array of columns and rows, the rows corresponding to the word lines; and switching circuits corresponding to the columns, each switching circuit being configured to selectively provide a first voltage value of a first voltage source or a different second voltage value of a second voltage source to corresponding voltage supply nodes of the columns; and wherein the word lines are configured to receive the second voltage value as a high logical value of the word lines; a selected one or more of the word lines is activated during a write operation, thereby defining an elapse of the write operation; and each switching circuit is further configured to selectively provide the corresponding first voltage value or the second voltage value substantially for an entirety of the write operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180197582A1 MEMORY ARCHITECTURE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND VOLTAGES Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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