Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for ferroelectric memory cell operations
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Application No.: US17661348Application Date: 2022-04-29
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Publication No.: US11763870B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Daniele Vimercati
- Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- The original application number of the division: US16998928 2020.08.20
- Main IPC: G11C11/22
- IPC: G11C11/22 ; H10B53/20 ; H10B53/30

Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for ferroelectric memory (FeRAM) cell operation. An FeRAM cell may have different charge regions it can operate across. Some regions, such as dielectric regions, may operate faster, but with reduced signal on a coupled digit line. To improve the performance while maintaining increased speed, two digit lines may be coupled to the same sense amplifier, so that the FeRAM cells coupled to both digit lines contribute signal to the sense amplifier. For example a first digit line in a first deck of the memory and a second digit line in a second deck of the memory may both be coupled to the sense amplifier. In some embodiments, additional digit lines may be used as shields (e.g., by coupling the shield digit lines to a ground voltage) to further improve the signal-to-noise ratio.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220254399A1 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FERROELECTRIC MEMORY CELL OPERATIONS Public/Granted day:2022-08-11
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