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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Pankaj Aggarwal, Zhudong Township, TW;
Ching-Wei Wu, Caotun Town, TW;
Jaymeen Bharatkumar Aseem, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A circuit includes a bit line, a power node having a first power voltage level, a reference node having a reference voltage level, a pass gate coupled between the bit line and the power node, and a driver coupled between the bit line and the reference node. The pass gate couples the bit line to the power node responsive to a first signal, and the driver couples the bit line to the reference node responsive to a second signal. The first signal is based on the first power voltage level, and the second signal is based on a second power voltage level between the reference voltage level and the first power voltage level.