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Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Meng-Han Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Sai-Hooi Yeong, Hsinchu, TW;

Han-Jong Chia, Hsinchu, TW;

Chenchen Jacob Wang, Hsinchu, TW;

Yu-Ming Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 63/00 (2023.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); H10N 70/00 (2023.01); H10N 70/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 63/30 (2023.02); G11C 13/0007 (2013.01); G11C 13/003 (2013.01); G11C 13/0097 (2013.01); H10B 63/845 (2023.02); H10N 70/066 (2023.02); H10N 70/24 (2023.02); G11C 2213/79 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device includes at least one bit line, at least one word line, at least one memory cell, at least one source line, and a controller electrically coupled to the at least one memory cell via the at least one word line, the at least one bit line, and the at least one source line. The memory cell includes a first transistor, data storage elements, and second transistors corresponding to the data storage elements. The first transistor includes a gate electrically coupled to the word line, and first and second source/drains. Each data storage element and the corresponding second transistor are electrically coupled in series with the first source/drain of the first transistor and the bit line. The controller controllably applies a voltage other than a ground voltage to the at least one source line in an operation of a selected data storage element among the data storage elements.


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