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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chiting Cheng, Taichung, TW;
Chien-Kuo Su, Kaohsiung County, TW;
Cheng Hung Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Jonathan Tsung-Yung Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device comprises an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, control lines coupled to the rows of memory cells for accessing the memory cells, conductive lines coupled to the rows of memory cells for powering the memory cells, and a control circuit configured to maintain non-selected conductive lines at a first voltage level and boost a selected conductive line to a second voltage level in an access operation, the second voltage level being higher than the first voltage level.