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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Atul Katoch, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Taiwain Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/418 (2006.01); G11C 11/417 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/418 (2013.01); G11C 11/417 (2013.01);
Abstract
Signal edge sharpener circuitry is operably connected to the word lines in a memory array to pull up a rising edge of a signal on the word line and/or to pull down a falling edge of the signal on the word line. Pulling the signal up and/or down reduces the amount of time the word line is asserted and reduces the amount of time between precharge operations.