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公开(公告)号:US12114514B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US18519230
申请日:2023-11-27
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Feng-Min Lee , Erh-Kun Lai , Dai-Ying Lee , Yu-Hsuan Lin , Po-Hao Tseng , Ming-Hsiu Lee
CPC classification number: H10B63/845 , H10B61/22 , H10B63/34 , H10N50/01 , H10N70/066
Abstract: A memory device and a method for manufacturing the memory device are provided. The memory device includes a stack and a plurality of memory strings. The stack is disposed on the substrate, and the stack includes a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers alternately stacked. The memory strings pass through the stack along a first direction, wherein a first memory string in the memory strings includes a first conductive pillar and a second conductive pillar, a channel layer, and a memory structure. The first conductive pillar and the second conductive pillar respectively extend along the first direction and are separated from each other. The channel layer is disposed between the first conductive pillar and the second conductive pillar. The memory structure surrounds the second conductive pillar, and the memory structure includes a resistive memory material.
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公开(公告)号:US11875849B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-16
申请号:US17711073
申请日:2022-04-01
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yu-Hsuan Lin , Po-Hao Tseng , Feng-Min Lee
IPC: G11C15/04
CPC classification number: G11C15/046
Abstract: An analog content-address memory (analog CAM) having approximation matching and an operation method thereof are provided. The analog CAM includes an inputting circuit, at least one analog CAM cell and an outputting circuit. The inputting circuit is configured to provide an inputting data. The analog CAM cell is connected to the inputting circuit and receives the inputting data. The analog CAM cell has a mild swing match curve whose highest point corresponds to a stored data. A segment from the highest point of the mild swing match curve to a lowest point of the mild swing match curve corresponds to at least three data values. The outputting circuit is connected to the analog CAM cell and receives a match signal from the analog CAM cell. The outputting circuit outputs a match approximation level according to the match signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11748062B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17344500
申请日:2021-06-10
Applicant: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Po-Hao Tseng , Feng-Min Lee , Yu-Hsuan Lin
CPC classification number: G06F7/523 , G06F7/02 , G06F7/50 , G06F7/5443 , G06F2207/4826
Abstract: A multiplication and addition operation device and a control method thereof are provided. The multiplication and addition operation device includes a feature information filter and an in-memory calculator. The feature information filter records a plurality of designated bits of a plurality of feature information, compares received input information with the designated bits to generate a comparison result, and generates a selected address according to the comparison result. The in-memory calculator records all bits of the feature information, and generates an operation result by performing a multiplication and addition operation on the feature information and the input information according to the selected address.
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公开(公告)号:US20200026991A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-23
申请号:US16224602
申请日:2018-12-18
Applicant: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yu-Hsuan Lin , Chao-Hung Wang , Ming-Hsiu Lee
Abstract: An in-memory computing device includes a plurality of synaptic layers including a first type of synaptic layer and a second type of synaptic layer. The first type of synaptic layer comprises memory cells of a first type of memory cell and the second type of synaptic layer comprises memory cells of a second type, the first type of memory cell being different than the second type of memory cell. The first and second types of memory cells can be different types of memories, have different structures, different memory materials, and/or different read/write algorithms, any one of which can result in variations in the stability or accuracy of the data stored in the memory cells.
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公开(公告)号:US09947398B1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-17
申请号:US15482978
申请日:2017-04-10
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yu-Hsuan Lin , Kai-Chieh Hsu , Yu-Yu Lin , Feng-Min Lee
CPC classification number: G11C13/0038 , G11C13/004 , G11C2013/0054
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, the memory cells being in any of a high resistance state (HRS) and a low resistance state (LRS); a reference array including a plurality of reference cells, the memory cells and the reference cells having the same impedance-temperature relationship, the reference cells being in a middle resistance state between HRS and LRS; an average circuit configured for averaging respective reference currents from the reference cells of the reference array into an average reference current; and a comparator configured for comparing a plurality of respective memory currents from the memory cells of the memory array with the average reference current to obtain a plurality of output data of the memory cells of the memory array and to determine respective impedance states of the memory cells of the memory array.
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公开(公告)号:US20170206954A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-20
申请号:US15139367
申请日:2016-04-27
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Ming-Hsiu Lee , Yu-Hsuan Lin
IPC: G11C13/00
CPC classification number: G11C13/004 , G11C7/04 , G11C11/5678 , G11C11/5685 , G11C13/0004 , G11C13/0007 , G11C13/0033 , G11C13/0038 , G11C2013/0045 , G11C2013/005 , G11C2213/79 , H01R13/405 , H01R13/502
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a physical parameter sensing circuit configured to sense a variation of a physical parameter; an applying parameter generating circuit coupled to the physical parameter sensing circuit, configured to adjust an applying parameter from the variation of the physical parameter based on a transfer function which defines relationship between the physical parameter and the applying parameter; and a main circuit, coupled to the physical parameter sensing circuit and the applying parameter generating circuit, wherein the applying parameter generated by the applying parameter generating circuit is used to compensate effect on operations of the main circuit caused by the variation of the physical parameter.
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公开(公告)号:US12159671B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-03
申请号:US18164657
申请日:2023-02-06
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Po-Hao Tseng , Feng-Min Lee , Yu-Hsuan Lin
IPC: G11C15/04
Abstract: An in-dynamic memory search device and an operation method thereof are provided. The in-dynamic memory search device includes at least one word line, at least two bit lines, at least one match line, at least one unit cell, at least two search lines, at least one pre-charge unit and at least one sense unit. The unit cell includes two storage elements and two search transistors. Each of the storage elements includes a write transistor and a read transistor. The write transistor is connected to the word line and one of the bit lines. The read transistor is connected to the write transistor and the match line. The search transistors are respectively connected to the read transistors. The search lines are respectively connected to the search transistors. The pre-charge unit is connected to the match line. The sense unit is connected to the match line.
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公开(公告)号:US20240282382A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-22
申请号:US18172306
申请日:2023-02-22
Applicant: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yu-Hsuan Lin , Yu-Yu Lin , Hsiang-Lan Lung
Abstract: An artificial neural network operation circuit and an in-memory computation device of the artificial neural network operation circuit are proposed. The in-memory computation device includes a memory cell array, a compensation memory cell string, and an operator. The memory cell array has a plurality of memory cells to store a plurality of weight values. The memory cell array has a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines. Each compensation memory cell of the compensation memory cell string stores a unit weight value. The operator multiplies a signal on a compensation bit line by peak weight information of the weight values to generate a first signal and adds the first signal to each signal on the bit lines to obtain a plurality of computation results, respectively.
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公开(公告)号:US11853890B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US16522986
申请日:2019-07-26
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Chao-Hung Wang , Yu-Hsuan Lin , Ming-Liang Wei , Dai-Ying Lee
Abstract: Provided is an operation method for a memory device, the memory device being used for implementing an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The operation method includes: reading from the memory device a weight matrix of a current layer of a plurality of layers of the ANN to extract a plurality of neuro values; determining whether to perform calibration; when it is determined to perform calibration, recalculating and updating a mean value and a variance value of the neuro values; and performing batch normalization based on the mean value and the variance value of the neuro values.
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公开(公告)号:US11587611B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-21
申请号:US17380056
申请日:2021-07-20
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Ming-Hsiu Lee , Po-Hao Tseng , Yu-Hsuan Lin
IPC: G11C7/22 , G11C11/4096 , G11C11/4094 , G11C11/408
Abstract: A memory device for data searching and a data searching method thereof are provided. The data searching method includes the following steps. A searching word is received and then divided into a plurality of sections. The sections are encoded as a plurality of encoded sections, so that the encoded sections may correspond to a plurality of memory blocks in a memory array. The encoded sections are directed into the memory blocks to perform data comparisons and obtaining a respective result of data comparison. Thereafter, addresses of bit lines which match the searching word are obtained according to respective result of data comparison for each of memory block.
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