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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Hidehiro Fujiwara, Hsinchu, TW;
Hung-Jen Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsien-Yu Pan, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Yu Lin, Taichung, TW;
Yen-Huei Chen, Jhudong Township, TW;
Sahil Preet Singh, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A memory array includes a column of cells arranged along a first direction and a bit line extending along the first direction over the column of cells. The column of cells includes a set of memory cells and a set of strap cells. The bit line includes a first conductor in a second conductor. The first conductor extends in the first direction and is in a first conductive layer. The second conductor extends in the first direction and is in a second conductive layer different from the first conductive layer.