JP2009134794A - 半導体装置 - Google Patents
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Abstract
【解決手段】半導体装置101は、第1の電圧が供給される第1端と、第2端とを有し、データ書き込み時、磁気抵抗素子Sにデータを書き込むための書き込み電流が流れ、書き込み電流の方向が書き込みデータの論理値に依存しない書き込み電流線DLと、書き込み電流線DLの第2端に結合される第1導通電極と、第2の電圧が供給される第2導通電極とを有し、データ書き込み時、書き込み電流線DLに書き込み電流を流すことにより、磁気抵抗素子Sの磁化に作用する磁場を発生するトランジスタTRDと、第1の電圧が供給される第1のパッドPD1と、第2の電圧が供給される第2のパッドPD4と、半導体装置101が備える他の回路に第3の電圧を供給するための第3のパッドPD2,PD3とを備える。
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Takaharu Tsuji et al. " A 1.2V 1Mbit Embedded MRAM Core with Folded Bit-Line Array Architecture ", 2004 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers pp.450-453
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- 半導体装置であって、
記憶データの論理値に対応する磁化方向に応じて電気抵抗値が変化する磁気抵抗素子と、
第1の電圧が供給される第1端と、第2端とを有し、データ書き込み時、前記磁気抵抗素子にデータを書き込むための第1の書き込み電流が流れ、前記第1の書き込み電流の方向が書き込みデータの論理値に依存しない第1の書き込み電流線と、
前記第1の書き込み電流線の第2端に結合される第1導通電極と、第2の電圧が供給される第2導通電極とを有し、データ書き込み時、前記第1の書き込み電流線に前記書き込み電流を流すことにより、前記磁気抵抗素子の磁化に作用する磁場を発生するトランジスタと、
前記第1の電圧が供給される第1のパッドと、
前記第2の電圧が供給される第2のパッドと、
前記半導体装置が備える他の回路に第3の電圧を供給するための第3のパッドとを備える半導体装置。 - 前記半導体装置は、さらに、
前記第1のパッドおよび前記第2のパッドのいずれか一方と、前記第3のパッドとが共通に接続される外部端子を備える請求項1記載の半導体装置。 - 前記第1の書き込み電流線は、前記磁気抵抗素子の磁化困難軸に対して略垂直に配置され、
前記半導体装置は、さらに、
前記第1の書き込み電流線に対して略垂直に配置された第2の書き込み電流線と、
供給される前記第3の電圧に基づいて、前記磁気抵抗素子にデータを書き込むための第2の書き込み電流を前記第2の書き込み電流線に流し、書き込みデータの論理値に応じた方向に前記第2の書き込み電流を流すドライバとを備える請求項1記載の半導体装置。
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