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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Tsmc Nanjing Company Limited, Nanjing, CN;
Tsmc China Company Limited, Shanghai, CN;
Xiu-Li Yang, Shanghai, CN;
He-Zhou Wan, Shanghai, CN;
Lu-Ping Kong, Nanjing, CN;
Wei-Yang Jiang, Jiangshan, CN;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED, Nanjing, CN;
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED, Shanghai, CN;
Abstract
A device is disclosed. The device includes a first tracking control line, a first tracking circuit, a first sense circuit, and a precharge circuit. The first tracking control line is configured to transmit a first tracking control signal. The first tracking circuit is configured to generate, in response to the first tracking control signal, a first tracking signal associated with first tracking cells in a memory array. The first sense circuit is configured to receive the first tracking signal, and is configured to generate a first sense tracking signal in response to the first tracking signal. The precharge circuit is configured to generate, in response to a rising edge of the first sense tracking signal and a falling edge of a read enable delayed signal, a precharge signal for precharging data lines associated with memory cell in the memory array. A method is also disclosed herein.