Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-power domain design
- Patent Title (中): 多功能域设计
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Application No.: US12708923Application Date: 2010-02-19
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Publication No.: US08174911B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Hsu-Shun Chen , Cheng Hung Lee , Chung-Ji Lu , Hong-Chen Cheng , Chung-Yi Wu , Chih-Chieh Chiu
- Applicant: Hsu-Shun Chen , Cheng Hung Lee , Chung-Ji Lu , Hong-Chen Cheng , Chung-Yi Wu , Chih-Chieh Chiu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Agency: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00

Abstract:
In some embodiments related to a memory array, a sense amplifier (SA) uses a first power supply, e.g., voltage VDDA, while other circuitry, e.g., signal output logic, uses a second power supply, e.g., voltage VDDB. Various embodiments place the SA and a pair of transferring devices at a local IO row, and a voltage keeper at the main IO section of the same memory array. The SA, the transferring devices, and the voltage keeper, when appropriate, operate together so that the data logic of the circuitry provided by voltage VDDB is the same as the data logic of the circuitry provided by voltage VDDA.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110158007A1 MULTI-POWER DOMAIN DESIGN Public/Granted day:2011-06-30
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