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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Yen-An Chang, Miaoli County, TW;
Po-Hao Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Fu Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Chun Shih, Taipei, TW;
Yu-Der Chih, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 5/147 (2013.01); G11C 11/1657 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit device is provided. The integrated circuit device includes: a functional device including a selection device; and a bias generator circuit coupled to the selection device and configured to detect a leakage current of the functional device and generate a bias voltage based on the detected leakage current. The bias voltage is provided to the selection device to control the selection device.