Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory cell
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Application No.: US17186539Application Date: 2021-02-26
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Publication No.: US11176997B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: Hidehiro Fujiwara , Hung-Jen Liao , Hsien-Yu Pan , Chih-Yu Lin , Yen-Huei Chen , Chien-Chen Lin
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Main IPC: G11C15/00
- IPC: G11C15/00 ; G11C15/04 ; H01L27/02 ; G11C11/412

Abstract:
A cell structure is disclosed. The cell structure includes a first unit comprising a first group of transistors and a first data latch, a second unit comprising a second group of transistors and a second data latch a read port unit comprising a plurality of p-type transistors, a search line and a complementary search line, the search line and the complementary search line function as input of the cell structure, and a master line, the master line functions as an output of the cell structure, the first unit is coupled to the second unit, both the first and the second units are coupled to the read port unit. According to some embodiments, the first data latch comprises a first and a second p-type transistors, a first and a second n-type transistors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210201999A1 MEMORY CELL Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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