Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multinary bit cells for memory devices and network applications and method of manufacturing the same
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Application No.: US18354565Application Date: 2023-07-18
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Publication No.: US12136457B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Katherine H. Chiang , Chung-Te Lin
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC
- Main IPC: G11C11/24
- IPC: G11C11/24 ; G11C11/4091 ; G11C11/4096 ; G11C11/56 ; H01L27/12 ; H01L29/66 ; H01L29/786 ; H01L49/02 ; H10B99/00

Abstract:
A memory device may include at least one multinary memory cell. Each multinary memory cell includes a parallel connection of N sub-bit units. N is an integer greater than 1. Each of the N sub-bit units includes a series connection of a respective transistor and a respective capacitor. A first sub-bit unit includes a first capacitor having a capacitance of C, and each i-th sub-unit includes an i-th capacitor having a capacitance of about 2i-1×C. A multinary bit having 2N values may be stored. A device network including multiple multinary logic units is also provided. Each of multiple multinary logic unit includes a parallel connection of N sub-bit units. Each sub-bit unit includes a series connection of a respective transistor and a respective capacitor having capacitance ratios of powers of 2.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230360698A1 MULTINARY BIT CELLS FOR MEMORY DEVICES AND NETWORK APPLICATIONS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2023-11-09
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