The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Che-Ju Yeh, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yu-Hao Hsu, Tainan, TW;
Hau-Tai Shieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 7/1048 (2013.01); G11C 7/1051 (2013.01); G11C 7/1078 (2013.01); G11C 7/222 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bit line is pre-charged based on a clock signal internal to a bit line pre-charge circuit when a bit line pre-charge window is within a margin of a predetermined pre-charge window. A bit line is pre-charged based on a clock signal external to the bit line pre-charge circuit when the bit line pre-charge window is outside the margin of the predetermined pre-charge window.