摘要:
A memory includes a memory array and a single-ended sense amplifier circuit. The memory array includes wordlines, bitlines, and memory cells. The bitlines include a first bitline, routed on a first metal layer but not a second metal layer, and a second bitline, routed on the first metal layer and the second metal layer. Each of the memory cells is coupled to one of the wordlines. The memory cells include a first group of memory cells, coupled to the first bitline, and a second group of memory cells, coupled to the second bitline, where the first group of memory cells and the second group of memory cells are located at a same column. The single-ended sense amplifier circuit performs a read operation upon a target memory cell through single-ended sensing when a selected wordline is enabled.
摘要:
A three-dimensional memory device (100, 200), such as 3D AND Flash memory device, includes a first page buffer (111, 211), a second page buffer (112, 212), a sense amplifier (130, 230), a first path selector (121, 221), and a second path selector (122, 222). The first page buffer (111, 211) and the second page buffer (112, 212) are respectively configured to temporarily store a first write-in data (WD1) and a second write-in data (WD2). The first path selector (121, 221) couples the sense amplifier (130, 230) or the first page buffer (111, 211) to a first global bit line (GBL1) according to a first control signal (CT1). The second path selector (122, 222) couples the sense amplifier (130, 230) or the second page buffer (112, 212) to a second global bit line (GBL2) according to a second control signal (CT2).
摘要:
A bistable circuit includes a first inverter circuit and a second inverter circuit each including a first FET having a channel of a first conductivity type, wherein a source of the first FET is coupled to a power supply line, a drain of the first FET is coupled to an intermediate node, and a gate of the first FET is coupled to an input node, a second FET having a channel of the first conductivity type, wherein a source of the second FET is coupled to the intermediate node, and a drain of the second FET is coupled to an output node, a third FET, wherein one of a source and a drain of the third FET is coupled to the intermediate node, and the other of the source and the drain of the third FET is coupled to a bias node, a fourth FET having a channel of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, wherein one of a source and a drain of the fourth FET is coupled to the output node, and the other of the source and the drain of the fourth FET is coupled to a control line, a first memory node to which an input node of the first inverter circuit and an output node of the second inverter circuit are coupled, and a second memory node to which an output node of the first inverter circuit and an input node of the second inverter circuit are coupled, wherein gates of the fourth FETs of the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit are coupled to a word line, wherein a gate of the third FET of the first inverter circuit is coupled to one of the following nodes: the input node and the output node of the first inverter circuit and the input node and the output node of the second inverter circuit, and wherein a gate of the third FET of the second inverter circuit is coupled to one of the following nodes: the input node and the output node of the second inverter circuit and the input node and the output node of the first inverter circuit.
摘要:
A flash memory array includes memory sectors of two transistors (2T) AND memory cells (S(1,1,1), A(1,1,1) transistors). Within each of the memory sectors (104-1, 104-2), a row of sector selection transistors (SSTL1, SSTL2) is configured such that writing data onto a memory column within the memory sector is controlled by applying a voltage to a bit line (BL1, BL2, BL3), independent from the row of sector selection transistors.
摘要:
A computer readable memory includes a circuit layer, a multilayer memory stacked over the circuit layer to form a memory box, the memory box comprising a bottom surface interfacing with the circuit layer and four side surfaces, and a first switching crossbar array disposed on a first side of the memory box. A plurality of vias connects the circuit layer to the first switching crossbar layer. The first switching crossbar array accepts signals from the plurality of vias and selectively connects a crossbar in the multilayer memory to the circuit layer. A method for addressing multilayer memory is also provided.
摘要:
Power reduction is accomplished in an electronic memory by segmenting portions of the memory and only enabling certain memory portions depending upon where the memory is to be accessed. In one embodiment, bit lines and/or word lines are segmented using latch repeaters to control address selection with respect to single-bit and/or single-word segments beyond a first single-bit and/or single-word segment. The latch repeaters are, in one embodiment, allowed to remain in their operated/non-operated state at the completion of a memory read/write cycle. This then avoids successive enabling pulses when the same segment is accessed on successive cycles.