Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic inhibit voltage to reduce write power for random-access memory
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Application No.: US17470849Application Date: 2021-09-09
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Publication No.: US11715518B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Zheng-Jun Lin , Chin-I Su , Pei-Ling Tseng , Chung-Cheng Chou
- 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: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: G11C13/00
- IPC: G11C13/00

Abstract:
In some aspects of the present disclosure, a memory device is disclosed. In some aspects, the memory device includes a first voltage regulator to receive a word line voltage provided to a memory array; a resistor network coupled to the first voltage regulator to provide an inhibit voltage to the memory array, wherein the resistor network comprises a plurality of resistors and wherein each of the resistors are coupled in series to an adjacent one of the plurality of resistors; and a switch network comprising a plurality of switches, wherein each of the switches are coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of resistors and to the memory array via a second voltage regulator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220254412A1 DYNAMIC INHIBIT VOLTAGE TO REDUCE WRITE POWER FOR RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY Public/Granted day:2022-08-11
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