G11C11/221

Voltage supply circuit, memory cell arrangement, and method for operating a memory cell arrangement
11626164 · 2023-04-11 · ·

In various aspects, a method for operating a memory cell arrangement is provided, including: providing a set of supply voltages to one or more sets of memory cell drivers to write one or more memory cells of the memory cell arrangement; wherein providing the set of supply voltages includes: ramping a first supply voltage of the set of supply voltages to a first predefined output voltage level, and ramping a second supply voltage of the set of supply voltages to a second predefined output voltage level dependent upon the first supply voltage, the first predefined output voltage level and the second predefined output voltage level defining a first predefined ratio, wherein, during the ramping of the first supply voltage and of the second supply voltage, a first ratio of the first supply voltage to the second supply voltage is substantially equal to or less than the first predefined ratio.

Access line disturbance mitigation
11468934 · 2022-10-11 · ·

Methods, systems, and devices for access line disturbance mitigation are described to, for example, reduce voltage disturbances on deselected digit lines during a read or write operation. Memory cells of a memory device may be couplable with a write circuit including a level shifter circuit, such that changes in voltage on a selected digit line may be controlled via a level shifter circuit of a write circuit associated with a selected memory cell. The write circuit may write a logic state to the memory cell after completing a read operation. One or more write voltages may be applied to or removed from the memory cell via the level shifter circuit, which may control a slew rate of one or more voltage changes on the selected digit line. The slew rate(s) may be controlled via a current driver circuit coupled with a pull-up circuit or a pull-down circuit of the level shifter circuit.

Quick precharge for memory sensing
11626150 · 2023-04-11 · ·

Methods, systems, and devices for performing quick precharge command sequences are described. An operating mode that is associated with a command sequence having a reduced duration relative to another operating mode may be configured at a memory device. The operating mode may be configured based on determining that a procedure does not attempt to preserve or is independent of preserving a logic state of accessed memory cells, among other conditions. While operating in the mode, the memory device may perform a received precharge command using a first set of operations having a first duration—rather than a second set of operations having a second set of operations having a second, longer duration—to perform the received precharge command. The first set of operations may also use less current or introduce less disturbance into the memory device relative to the second set of operations.

MEMORY ARRAY DECODING AND INTERCONNECTS
20230105355 · 2023-04-06 ·

Methods and apparatuses for thin film transistors and related fabrication techniques are described. The thin film transistors may access two or more decks of memory cells disposed in a cross-point architecture. The fabrication techniques may use one or more patterns of vias formed at a top layer of a composite stack, which may facilitate building the thin film transistors within the composite stack while using a reduced number of processing steps. Different configurations of the thin film transistors may be built using the fabrication techniques by utilizing different groups of the vias. Further, circuits and components of a memory device (e.g., decoder circuitry, interconnects between aspects of one or more memory arrays) may be constructed using the thin film transistors as described herein along with related via-based fabrication techniques.

RESISTANCE NETWORK HAVING FOUR CONTACTS PER MEMORY CELL
20230108879 · 2023-04-06 ·

A resistor network and an integrated circuit at least part of the resistor network may have at least two memory cells for storing in each case one resistance characteristic value. Each memory cell may have a first contact pair configured to provide an electrical resistance corresponding to the stored resistance characteristic value in at least one operating mode. First contacts of the respective first contact pair of the two memory cells are directly connected to one another and second contacts of the respective first contact pair of the two memory cells are electrically independent of one another. The memory cells may each have a second contact pair which is electrically independent of the first contact pair and which is arranged in such a way that the stored electrical resistance characteristic value of the respective memory cell can be reversibly changed by suitable electrical signals via this second contact pair.

GROUPING POWER SUPPLIES FOR A POWER SAVING MODE
20230109187 · 2023-04-06 ·

Methods, systems, and devices for grouping power supplies for a power saving mode are described to configure a memory device with groups of internal power supplies whose voltage levels may be successively modified according to a group order signaled by an on-die timer. For example, when the memory device enters a deep sleep mode, respective voltage levels of a first group of internal power supplies may be modified to respective external power supply voltage levels at a first time, respective voltage levels of a second group of internal power supplies may be modified to respective external power supply voltage levels at a second time, and so on. When the memory device exits the deep sleep mode, the groups of internal voltage supplies may be modified from the respective external power supply voltage levels to respective operational voltage levels in a group order that is opposite to the entry group order.

Array Of Memory Cells
20230104755 · 2023-04-06 · ·

A method used in forming an array of memory cells comprises forming a vertical stack comprising transistor material directly above and directly against a first capacitor electrode material. A mask is used to subtractively etch both the transistor material and thereafter the first capacitor electrode material to form a plurality of pillars that individually comprise the transistor material and the first capacitor electrode material. Capacitors are formed that individually comprise the first capacitor electrode material of individual of the pillars. Vertical transistors are formed above the capacitors that individually comprise the transistor material of the individual pillars. Other aspects and embodiments are disclosed, including structure independent of method.

FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE USING BACK-END-OF-LINE (BEOL) THIN FILM ACCESS TRANSISTORS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME

A memory device includes metal interconnect structures embedded within dielectric material layers that overlie a top surface of a substrate, a thin film transistor embedded in a first dielectric material layer selected from the dielectric material layers, and is vertically spaced from the top surface of the substrate, and a ferroelectric memory cell embedded within the dielectric material layers. A first node of the ferroelectric memory cell is electrically connected to a node of the thin film transistor through a subset of the metal interconnect structures that is located above, and vertically spaced from, the top surface of the substrate.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD
20230154530 · 2023-05-18 ·

Provided is an electronic device including a first electrode part including a conductive material, a second electrode part spaced apart from the first electrode part and including a conductive material, an active layer disposed between the first electrode part and the second electrode part, including a spontaneously polarizable material, and formed to optionally have a first mode having a first electrical resistance and a second mode having a value smaller than the first electrical resistance, and an electric field controller connected to the first electrode part and the second electrode part to apply an electric field.

FERROELECTRIC MEMORY STRUCTURE

A ferroelectric memory structure including a substrate, a ferroelectric capacitor structure, and a switch device is provided. The ferroelectric capacitor structure is disposed on the substrate. The ferroelectric capacitor structure includes at least one first electrode, first dielectric layers, a second electrode, and a ferroelectric material layer. The at least one first electrode and the first dielectric layers are alternately stacked. The second electrode penetrates through the first electrode. The ferroelectric material layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The switch device is electrically connected to the ferroelectric capacitor structure.