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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
May. 10, 2024
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A read-only memory (ROM) array includes first through fourth rows of four ROM bits positioned along respective first through fourth active areas in a front side of a semiconductor substrate, first through fourth metal lines aligned with the first through fourth active areas in a first direction and positioned in a first frontside metal layer of the semiconductor substrate, and fifth through eighth metal lines aligned with the first through fourth active areas in the first direction and positioned in a first backside metal layer of the semiconductor substrate. The first through fourth metal lines include one of bit lines or source lines of the ROM array, and the fifth through eighth metal lines include the other of the bit lines or the source lines of the ROM array.
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