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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:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Yu-Der Chih, Hsinchu, TW;

Jonathan Tsung-Yung Chang, Hsinchu, TW;

Yun-Sheng Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Maybe Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Ya-chin King, Hsinchu, TW;

Wen Zhang Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Chrong Jung Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Hsin-Yuan Yu, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); H10B 63/00 (2023.01); H10N 70/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); H10B 63/30 (2023.02); H10N 70/253 (2023.02); G11C 2013/0045 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are related to a memory cell including one or more programmable resistors and a control transistor. In one aspect, a programmable resistor includes a gate structure and one or more source/drain structures for forming a transistor. A resistance of the programmable resistor may be set by applying a voltage to the gate structure, while the control transistor is enabled. Data stored by the programmable resistor can be read by sensing current through the programmable resistor, while the control transistor is disabled. In one aspect, the one or more programmable resistors and the control transistor are implemented by same type of components, allowing the memory cell to be formed in a compact manner through a simplified the fabrication process.


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