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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Bing Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit includes a first data line, a first plurality of memory cells coupled with the first data line, and a data transfer circuit coupled with the first data line. The data transfer circuit includes an output logic gate. The data transfer circuit is configured to, in a first operation mode in which the first plurality of memory cells is in a standby mode, set an output node of the output logic gate to be free from electrically coupled with a reference voltage and a supply voltage through the output logic gate. The data transfer circuit is configured to, in a second operation mode in which a memory cell of the first plurality of memory cells is selected to be read, set the output node of the output logic gate to be either electrically coupled with the reference voltage or with the supply voltage through the output logic gate.