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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Ming-En Bu, Shanghai, CN;
Ching-Wei Wu, Nantou County, TW;
He-Zhou Wan, Shanghai, CN;
Weiyang Jiang, Jiangshan, CN;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes delaying an input voltage signal to generate an output voltage, enabling a capacitor unit to apply across a word line driver a boosted voltage greater than the output voltage, and enabling the word line driver to provide a driving voltage that corresponds to the boosted voltage. A word line driving unit that performs the method and a memory device that includes the word line driving unit are also disclosed.