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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Hsin Nien, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Yu Lin, Taichung, TW;
Wei-Chang Zhao, Hsinchu, TW;
Hidehiro Fujiwara, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A memory device includes a first bit cell, a second bit cell, a first word line and a second word line. A first boundary of the second bit cell is adjacent with a first boundary of the first bit cell. The first word line is coupled to the first bit cell. The second word line is coupled to the second bit cell. A first segment of the first word line is overlapped with the first boundary of the second bit cell in a plan view, and a first segment of the second word line is overlapped with a second boundary of the second bit cell in the plan view.