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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/2275 (2013.01); G11C 11/223 (2013.01); G11C 11/2273 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes applying a first voltage to a first source line of a memory, applying a second voltage to a second source line of the memory, turning on an access transistor of a memory cell of the memory, and performing one of a write operation or a read operation on a metal-ferroelectric-semiconductor (MFS) transistor of the memory cell. Memories on which the method is performed are also disclosed.