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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Yi-Hsin Nien, Hsinchu, TW;
Hidehiro Fujiwara, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Yu Lin, Taichung, TW;
Yen-Huei Chen, Jhudong Township, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/412 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H10B 10/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 11/412 (2013.01); H01L 27/0207 (2013.01); H10B 10/12 (2023.02);
Abstract
A memory array is disclosed. The memory array includes a plurality of memory cells disposed over a substrate. Each of the memory cells is coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of word lines and a corresponding one of a plurality of bit line pairs. First four of the memory cells that are coupled to four consecutive ones of the word lines and to a first one of the bit line pairs are abutted to one another on the substrate along a single lateral direction.