US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Oct. 6 for "Memory circuits with keeper circuits and methods for operating the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,778, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Memory circuits with keeper circuits and methods for operating the same" was invented by Masaya Hamada (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Makoto Yabuuchi (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory circuit includes a plurality of memory cells commonly coupled to a bit line. The memory circuit includes a pre-charge circuit coupled to the bit line, and comprising one or more first transistors with a first conductive type. The memory circuit includes a keeper circuit coupled to the bit line, and comprising one or more second t...