US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Feb. 3 for "Semiconductor device including pre-charge circuit and a method of operating thereof" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,175, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor device including pre-charge circuit and a method of operating thereof" was invented by Motoki Tamura (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device and a method of operating the semiconductor device are disclosed. In one aspect, the semiconductor device includes a memory cell connected to a bit line, and a biasing circuit configured to output a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage, the first bias voltage generated based on a threshold voltage of a p-type transistor, and the second bias vo...