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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Min-Chiao Yeh, Taoyuan, TW;
Chieh Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-En Huang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Ji Kuan Lee, Taichung, TW;
Yao-Jen Yang, Hsinchu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method is provided, including following operations: activating a first word line to couple a first bit line with a second bit line to form a first conductive loop through a first transistor having a first terminal coupled to the first bit line and a second transistor having a first terminal coupled to the second bit line, wherein second terminals of the first and second transistors are coupled together; activating a second word line to couple a third bit line with a fourth bit line to form a second conductive loop, wherein the first and second word lines are disposed below the first to fourth bit lines; and identifying that the first conductive loop, the second conductive loop, or the combinations thereof is short-circuited or open-circuited.