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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Jonathan Tsung-Yung Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chiting Cheng, Taichung, TW;
Cheng Hung Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Hung-Jen Liao, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Michael Clinton, Austin, TX (US);
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A dual rail memory operable at a first voltage and a second voltage, the dual rail memory includes: a memory array operates at the first voltage; a word line driver circuit configured to drive a word line of the memory array to the first voltage; a data path configured to transmit an input data signal or an output data signal; and a control circuit configured to generate control signals to the memory array, the word line driver circuit and the data path; wherein the data path and the control circuit are configured to operate at both the first and second voltages. Associated memory macro and method are also disclosed.