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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Po-Hao Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Chun Shih, Taipei, TW;
Chia-Fu Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Der Chih, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory cells, a first reference cell connected to a first subset of the plurality of memory storage cells via a first common source line, and a second reference cell connected to a second subset of the plurality of memory storage cells via a second common source line. The semiconductor device also includes a sense amplifier configured to, when reading from a first memory cell of the first subset, receive an output from the second reference cell and an output from the first memory cell.