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US 12,190,941 B2Granted
Memory cell and memory device thereof
AssigneeMacronix International Co., Ltd.
InventorsPo-Hao Tseng, Feng-Min Lee
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Abstract
A memory cell and a memory device are provided. The memory cell comprises: a write transistor; and a read transistor coupled to the write transistor, the write transistor and the read transistor coupled at a storage node, the storage node being for storing data; wherein, at least one among the write transistor and the read transistor includes a threshold voltage adjusting layer, and a threshold voltage of the write transistor and/or the read transistor is adjustable.
Claims16
A memory cell comprising:
- a write transistor;
- and
- a read transistor coupled to the write transistor, the write transistor and the read transistor coupled at a storage node, the storage node being for storing data;
- wherein, at least one among the write transistor and the read transistor includes a threshold voltage adjusting layer, and a threshold voltage of the write transistor and/or the read transistor is adjustable, and the storage node is connected to a control terminal of the read transistor.
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A memory device including:
- a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, a plurality of third signal lines and a plurality of fourth signal lines, the memory cells coupled to the first, the second, the third and the fourth signal lines;
- a plurality of driving circuits coupled to the memory array, for applying a plurality of driving voltages to the memory cells via the first, the second, the third and the fourth signal lines to write or read the memory cells;
- and
- a plurality of sensing amplifiers coupled to the memory array, for sensing a plurality of read currents from the memory cells,
- wherein each of the memory cells comprising:
- a write transistor;
- and
- a read transistor coupled to the write transistor, the write transistor and the read transistor coupled at a storage node, the storage node being for storing data;
- wherein, at least one among the write transistor and the read transistor includes a threshold voltage adjusting layer, and a threshold voltage of the write transistor and/or the read transistor is adjustable, and the storage node is connected to a control terminal of the read transistor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.