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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Derek C. Tao, Fremont, CA (US);
Annie-Li-Keow Lum, San Jose, CA (US);
Yukit Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Kuoyuan (Peter) Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/21 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 7/18 (2006.01); G11C 11/412 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 7/18 (2013.01); G11C 11/412 (2013.01); G11C 11/419 (2013.01);
Abstract
In response to a write operation to a memory cell that causes a data line of the memory cell to have a first voltage direction, causing the data line to have a second voltage direction opposite the first voltage direction.