Patents by Inventor Wei-jer Hsieh

Wei-jer Hsieh 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: 9070432
    Abstract: A device includes a transistor switch coupled between a bit line voltage node and a ground node and a boost signal circuit coupled to a gate node of the transistor switch, where the boost signal circuit providing a boost signal responsive to a write enable signal. The device also includes a first delay element and a first capacitor in series with the first delay element. The first capacitor has a first end coupled to the bit line voltage node and a second end coupled to the gate node through the first delay element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-jer Hsieh, Yangsyu Lin, Hsiao Wen Lu, Chiting Cheng, Jonathan Tsung-Yung Chang
  • Publication number: 20150131365
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques or systems for facilitating access operations to a single port memory device are provided. Multiple access operations to a single port memory device, such as a 6 transistor bitcell array of an SPSRAM, are performed during a single clock period of a system clock. In an embodiment, a wrapper controller initiates a first access operation during a first clock period of the system clock based upon a rising edge of the system clock. Responsive to receiving an operation complete signal during the first clock operation, the wrapper controller initiates a second access operation to the single port memory device during the first clock period. In this way, multi-port access functionality is implemented, such as in a serial manner to mitigate operation disturbs, for a single port memory device that occupies a relatively smaller area than a multi-port memory device for improved storage density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Wei-jer Hsieh, Chiting Cheng, Chien-Kuo Su, Cheng Hung Lee, Tsung-Yung Jonathan Chang
  • Publication number: 20150131364
    Abstract: A device includes a transistor switch coupled between a bit line voltage node and a ground node and a boost signal circuit coupled to a gate node of the transistor switch, where the boost signal circuit providing a boost signal responsive to a write enable signal. The device also includes a first delay element and a first capacitor in series with the first delay element. The first capacitor has a first end coupled to the bit line voltage node and a second end coupled to the gate node through the first delay element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-jer HSIEH, Yangsyu LIN, Hsiao Wen LU, Chiting CHENG, Jonathan Tsung-Yung CHANG
  • Patent number: 9025356
    Abstract: The propagation delay of a signal through multiple load devices coupled sequentially along a conductor is improved by separating a subset of the load devices that is more distant from the signal source, and coupling the more distant subset to the signal through a fly-over conductor that bypasses the subset that is nearer to the signal source. The technique is applicable to subsets of bit cells in a random access memory (SRAM) coupled to a given word line, or to word line decoder gates coupled sequentially to a strobe signal, as well as other circuits wherein load devices selectable as a group can be divided into subsets by proximity to the signal source. In an SRAM layout with multiple levels, different metal deposition layers carry the conductor legs between the load devices versus the fly-over conductor bypassing the nearer subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wen Lu, Wei-Jer Hsieh, Chiting Cheng, Chung-Cheng Chou, Jonathan Tsung-Yung Chang
  • Publication number: 20140233303
    Abstract: An SRAM multiplexing apparatus comprise a plurality of local multiplexers and a global multiplexer. Each local multiplexer is coupled to a memory bank. The global multiplexer has a plurality of inputs, each of which is coupled to a corresponding output of the plurality of local multiplexers. In response to a decoded address in a read operation, an input of a local multiplexer is forwarded to a corresponding input of the global multiplexer. Similarly, the decoded address allows the global multiplexer to forward the input signal to a data out port via a buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Tzu Chen, Wei-jer Hsieh, Tsai-Hsin Lai, Ling-Fang Hsu, Hau-Tai Shieh
  • Patent number: 8750053
    Abstract: An SRAM multiplexing apparatus comprise a plurality of local multiplexers and a global multiplexer. Each local multiplexer is coupled to a memory bank. The global multiplexer has a plurality of inputs, each of which is coupled to a corresponding output of the plurality of local multiplexers. In response to a decoded address in a read operation, an input of a local multiplexer is forwarded to a corresponding input of the global multiplexer. Similarly, the decoded address allows the global multiplexer to forward the input signal to a data out port via a buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Tzu Chen, Wei-jer Hsieh, Tsai-Hsin Lai, Ling-Fang Hsu, Hau-Tai Shieh
  • Publication number: 20130051128
    Abstract: The propagation delay of a signal through multiple load devices coupled sequentially along a conductor is improved by separating a subset of the load devices that is more distant from the signal source, and coupling the more distant subset to the signal through a fly-over conductor that bypasses the subset that is nearer to the signal source. The technique is applicable to subsets of bit cells in a random access memory (SRAM) coupled to a given word line, or to word line decoder gates coupled sequentially to a strobe signal, as well as other circuits wherein load devices selectable as a group can be divided into subsets by proximity to the signal source. In an SRAM layout with multiple levels, different metal deposition layers carry the conductor legs between the load devices versus the fly-over conductor bypassing the nearer subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wen Lu, Wei-Jer Hsieh, Chiting Cheng, Chung-Cheng Chou, Jonathan Tsung-Yung Chang
  • Publication number: 20120317374
    Abstract: An SRAM multiplexing apparatus comprise a plurality of local multiplexers and a global multiplexer. Each local multiplexer is coupled to a memory bank. The global multiplexer has a plurality of inputs, each of which is coupled to a corresponding output of the plurality of local multiplexers. In response to a decoded address in a read operation, an input of a local multiplexer is forwarded to a corresponding input of the global multiplexer. Similarly, the decoded address allows the global multiplexer to forward the input signal to a data out port via a buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Tzu Chen, Wei-jer Hsieh, Tsai-Hsin Lai, Ling-Fang Hsu, Hau-Tai Shieh