Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit with self-adjust pre-charged global data line
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Application No.: US15402716Application Date: 2017-01-10
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Publication No.: US09911473B1Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Sahil Preet Singh , Li-Wen Wang , Manish Arora
- 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: WPAT, P.C., Intellectual Property Attorneys
- Agent Anthony King
- Main IPC: G11C7/12
- IPC: G11C7/12 ; G11C5/02 ; G11C5/06 ; G11C8/08

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a memory device includes a memory bank, a global data line, a first tri-state unit, a latch, a second tri-state unit and a pre-charge unit. The first tri-state unit is configured between the memory bank and the global data line. The latch is configured to provide a state signal based on a data signal from the memory bank. The second tri-state unit is configured between the global data line and the latch. The pre-charge unit pre-charges the global data line to a first intermediate level or a second intermediate level depending on the state signal during the global data line is caused to be electrically isolated from the memory bank by the first tri-state unit and electrically isolated from the latch by the second tri-state unit.
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