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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/413 (2006.01); G11C 11/412 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 11/413 (2013.01); G11C 11/412 (2013.01); G11C 5/147 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit including a memory circuit, the memory circuit includes a first plurality of memory arrays and a first plurality of keepers, each keeper of the first plurality of keepers is electrically coupled with a corresponding one of the first plurality of memory arrays. The memory circuit further includes a first current limiter electrically coupled with and shared by the first plurality of keepers.