Invention Application
- Patent Title: SRAM-BASED CELL FOR IN-MEMORY COMPUTING AND HYBRID COMPUTATIONS/STORAGE MEMORY ARCHITECTURE
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Application No.: US17155362Application Date: 2021-01-22
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Publication No.: US20220236869A1Publication Date: 2022-07-28
- Inventor: Yu-Der Chih , Chi-Fu Lee , Jonathan Tsung-Yung Chang
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; G11C11/419 ; G06F7/544

Abstract:
An in-memory computing device includes in some examples a two-dimensional array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, each memory cell made of a nine-transistor current-based SRAM. Each memory cell includes a six-transistor SRAM cell and a current source coupled by a switching transistor, which is controlled by input signals on an input line, to an output line associates with the column of memory cells the memory cell is in. The current source includes a switching transistor controlled by the state of the six-transistor SRAM cell, and a current regulating transistor adapted to generate a current at a level determined by a control signal applied at the gate. The control signal can be set such that the total current in each output line is increased by a factor of 2 in each successive column of the memory cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US11693560B2 SRAM-based cell for in-memory computing and hybrid computations/storage memory architecture Public/Granted day:2023-07-04
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