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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2023
Applicants:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Tsmc Nanjing Company Limited, Nanjing, CN;
Inventors:
Zhou Yang, Lu'an, CN;
Ying-Jhih Shih, Taichung City, TW;
Chien-Yu Huang, Taoyuan City, TW;
Jun-Cheng Liu, Nanjing City, CN;
Ching-Wei Wu, Nantou County, TW;
Assignees:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED, Nanjing, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 11/4094 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 11/4094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device is provided, including at least one inverter, a transistor coupled between the at least one inverter and a bit line, and an assist circuit coupled to the bit line, configured to provide a negative voltage to the bit line, and configured to pull down a power supply voltage provided to the at least one inverter.