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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2024
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Wolfgang Penth, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Jan Niklas Stegmaier, Sindelfingen, DE;
Rolf Sautter, Bondorf, DE;
Silke Penth, Holzgerlingen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A memory device comprising at least one memory bank is provided and comprises a two-dimensional array of memory cells, a plurality of local bit lines connecting all memory cells in a first dimension of the two-dimensional array, a plurality of word lines connecting all memory cells in a second dimension of the two-dimensional array. The memory device further comprises at least one array of assist cells per memory bank, each array having one shared sense line and being arranged along memory cells and connected to by a bit line. The assist cells are configured as modified memory cells with a common sense line to provide a sense amplifier functionality. An assist cell and a double assist cell for a memory device are also provided.