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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2022
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yun-Yuan Wang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Cheng-Hsien Lu, Taoyuan, TW;
Po-Hao Tseng, Taiping Dist., TW;
Ming-Hsiu Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The disclosure provides an in-memory search (IMS) memory cell, an IMS method and an IMS memory device. The IMS method comprises: encoding a search data and a storage data by a first IMS encoding into a first IMS encoded search data and a first IMS encoded storage data; encoding the first IMS encoded search data by a second IMS encoding into a plurality of search voltages; encoding the first IMS encoded storage data by the second IMS encoding into a plurality of threshold voltages of a plurality of memory cells of a plurality IMS memory cells of the IMS memory device; and searching the IMS memory cells by the search voltages to generate a search result.