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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Shyh-An Chi, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/02 (2006.01); G11C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/063 (2013.01); G11C 5/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a first tier, a second tier and a memory. The second tier is vertically stacked on the first tier. The memory includes a column of memory bit cells. A first portion of the column of memory bit cells is on the first tier. A second portion of the column of memory bit cells is on the second tier.