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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Hidehiro Fujiwara, Hsinchu, TW;
Hung-Jen Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
Li-Wen Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jonathan Tsung-Yung Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yen-Huei Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes: a local write bit (LWB) line; a local write bit_bar (LWB_bar) line; a global write bit (GWB) line; a global write bit_bar (GWBL_bar) line; a column of segments, each segment including bit cells; each of the bit cells being coupled correspondingly between the LWB and LWB_bar lines; and a distributed write driving arrangement including local write drivers correspondingly coupled to the segments; and a global write driver coupled to each of the local write drivers.