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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Jaspal Singh Shah, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device including a memory cell and write assist circuit is disclosed. The memory cell includes a first inverter and a second inverter cross-coupled with the first inverter. The write assist circuit is coupled to the memory cell. During a write operation of the memory cell, the write assist circuit is configured to adjust a voltage level of an operational voltage provided to the first inverter or the second inverter by a bias voltage difference.