Patents by Inventor Tian-Cih BO

Tian-Cih BO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11955186
    Abstract: A memory device for in-memory search is provided. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, and each of the memory cells stores a stored data and receives a search data, including a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor has a first threshold voltage and receives a first gate bias. The second transistor is connected to the first transistor, and the second transistor has a second threshold voltage and receives a second gate bias. The stored data is encoded according to the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage, and the search data is encoded according to the first gate bias and the second gate bias. There is a mismatch distance between the stored data and the search data. An output current generated by each of the memory cells is related to the mismatch distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Hao Tseng, Tian-Cih Bo
  • Publication number: 20240021254
    Abstract: A memory device for in-memory search is provided. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, and each of the memory cells stores a stored data and receives a search data, including a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor has a first threshold voltage and receives a first gate bias. The second transistor is connected to the first transistor, and the second transistor has a second threshold voltage and receives a second gate bias. The stored data is encoded according to the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage, and the search data is encoded according to the first gate bias and the second gate bias. There is a mismatch distance between the stored data and the search data. An output current generated by each of the memory cells is related to the mismatch distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Hao TSENG, Tian-Cih BO
  • Publication number: 20240012567
    Abstract: A memory device is provided. The memory device includes channel layers, word lines, memory layers disposed between the channel layers and the word lines, and memory cells defined at cross-points of the channel layers and the word lines. The memory device is configured for performing a first operation for m times and a second operation for n times, and m is equal to or larger than n. In the first operation, a first electric field is produced in a portion of the memory layers. The word lines are configured for producing a second electric field in the second operation in the portion of the memory layers, and a field direction of the second electric field is different from a field direction of the first electric field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Hao TSENG, Feng-Min LEE, Tian-Cih BO, Ming-Hsiu LEE
  • Publication number: 20230420047
    Abstract: A hybrid type content addressable memory for implementing in-memory-search and an operation method thereof are provided. The CAM includes a plurality of CAM strings and at least one sense amplifier circuit. Each of the CAM strings includes a plurality of CAM cells. The CAM cells store a plurality of existing data. The sense amplifier circuit is connected to the CAM strings. A plurality of search data are inputted to the CAM strings. A plurality of cell matching results obtained from the CAM cells in each of the CAM strings are integrated via an AND operation to obtain a string matching result. The string matching results obtained from the CAM strings are integrated via an OR operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Po-Hao TSENG, Tian-Cih BO, Feng-Min LEE