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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Hidehiro Fujiwara, Hsinchu, TW;
Li-Wen Wang, Taichung, TW;
Yen-Huei Chen, Jhudong Township, TW;
Hung-Jen Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A memory circuit includes first and second memory cells. The first memory cell has an access port having a pass gate. The second memory cell also has an access port having a pass gate. The first and second memory cells abut one another along a column direction. The circuit includes at least one conductive structure over the first and second memory cells. The conductive structure may be two interconnected conductive lines. The conductive structure extends along a row direction in a conductive layer and is electrically coupled to the gate terminals of the pass gates.