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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Hidehiro Fujiwara, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-En Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yen-Huei Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Jui-Che Tsai, Tainan, TW;
Yih Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A first column of the plurality of columns of the matrix includes a first plurality of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, a first pair of bit lines connected to each of the first plurality of bit cells, and a second pair of bit lines connectable to the first pair of bit lines through a plurality of switches.