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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Gu-Huan Li, Hsinchu, TW;

Chen-Ming Hung, Hsinchu, TW;

Yu-Der Chih, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/18 (2006.01); G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 8/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01); G11C 11/4099 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/18 (2013.01); G11C 7/1069 (2013.01); G11C 7/1096 (2013.01); G11C 8/10 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); G11C 11/4099 (2013.01); G11C 17/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory circuit includes a bank of non-volatile memory (NVM) devices, a plurality of high-voltage (HV) drivers, a global HV power switch configured to generate a HV power signal, and a plurality of HV power switches coupled to the global HV switch. A first HV power switch of the plurality of HV power switches is coupled to each HV driver of the plurality of HV drivers, the first HV power switch of the plurality of HV power switches is configured to output a power signal responsive to the HV power signal, and each HV driver of the plurality of HV drivers is configured to output a HV activation signal to a corresponding column of the bank of NVM devices responsive to the power signal.


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