US 12,249,395 B2
Memory device supporting in-memory MAC operation between ternary input data and binary weight using charge sharing method and operation method thereof
Jongsun Park, Seoul (KR); Sung Soo Cheon, Seoul (KR); and Kyeong Ho Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,287.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0017302 (KR), filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0253019 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 7/109 (2013.01) [G11C 5/063 (2013.01); G11C 7/16 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A memory device comprising:
a memory cell array connected to a first word line, a pair of second word lines, a first operation control line, a second operation control line, a common bit line, and a bit line, and configured to perform a multiply-accumulate (MAC) operation depending on a ternary input provided from the pair of second word lines and a binary weight preset based on the first word line and the bit line;
a peripheral circuit configured to control the memory cell array; and
an ADC (analog-to-digital converter) circuit configured to convert a voltage value dependent on the MAC operation into a digital value,
wherein each memory cell arranged in the memory cell array comprises:
a static random access memory (SRAM) connected to the first word line and the pair of second word lines;
a pair of first transistors connected between the pair of second word lines and a first node, each first transistor having a gate terminal connected to an output terminal of the SRAM;
a second transistor connected between the first node and a second node, and having a gate terminal connected to the first operation control line; and
a third transistor connected between the second node and the common bit line, and having a gate terminal connected to the second operation control line.