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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Yuan He, Boise, ID (US);
Tae H. Kim, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01); H03K 19/173 (2006.01); G11C 5/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/404 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 5/06 (2013.01); G11C 11/4045 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); H03K 19/1737 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sense amplifier can be formed outside of/horizontally adjacent to an array of vertically stacked tiers of memory cells. Memory cells can be sensed via multiplexors formed under the array that can operate to couple vertical sense lines (to which the memory cells are coupled) to horizontal sense lines (to which the sense amplifier is coupled).