Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Duo-level word line driver
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Application No.: US17592376Application Date: 2022-02-03
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Publication No.: US11721393B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Po-Hao Lee , Chia-Fu Lee , Yi-Chun Shih
- 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: G11C7/12
- IPC: G11C7/12 ; G11C11/00 ; G11C13/00

Abstract:
A circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor cross-coupled with each other such that a source of the first transistor and a source of the second transistor are connected to a power supply, a gate of the first transistor is connected to a drain of the second transistor at a first node, a gate of the second transistor is connected to a drain of the first transistor at a second node. The circuit can provide a first level of a word line voltage to the memory cell by directly coupling the power supply configured at a first level to the memory cell through the second transistor and a third transistor, and provide a second level of the word line voltage by directly coupling the power supply configured at a second level to the memory cell through the second transistor and the third transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220157377A1 DUO-LEVEL WORD LINE DRIVER Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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