JP4199781B2 - 不揮発性半導体記憶装置 - Google Patents
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Description
IB0L / IB0H = 5
Vbiasc = V2−V1
Vbiasc1 = V2−V1−5ΔVH
Vbiasc2 = V2−V1−ΔVH
Vbiasc2−Vbiasc1=V2−V1−ΔVH−(V2−V1−5ΔVH)
=4ΔVH
VN2 ≒ VNG0 ≒ VPG0
Vbiasc1 = V2+5ΔVH−(V1+5ΔVH) = V2−V1
Vbiasc2 = V2+ΔVH−(V1+ΔVH) = V2−V1
〈1〉上記実施形態では、本発明装置をバンク構造のメモリセルアレイに適用する場合について説明したが、バンク構造ではなく、単体のメモリセルアレイにも当然に適用できる。
11 :ワード線ドライブ回路
12 :ビット線ドライブ回路
13 :センスアンプ
14 :データ出力回路
15 :電流増幅器
16 :VNG記憶回路
17 :電流増幅器
18 :VPG記憶回路
19 :バンク選択トランジスタ
20 :メモリセルアレイ
21 :行デコーダ
22 :列デコーダ
23 :アドレス回路
24 :制御回路
30 :行読み出し電圧供給回路
31 :電圧抑制回路
32 :NMOS
33 :インバータ
34 :PMOS
35 :ダイオード接続トランジスタ
36 :インバータ
40 :列読み出し電圧供給回路
41 :電圧抑制回路
42 :PMOS
43 :CMOS転送ゲート
44 :CMOS転送ゲート
45 :NMOS
46 :NMOS
47 :列選択回路
48 :検出回路
C1 :キャパシタ
C2 :キャパシタ
GBL:グローバルビット線
GWL:グローバルワード線
Claims (7)
- 電気抵抗の変化により情報を記憶する可変抵抗素子を備えてなる2端子構造のメモリセルを行方向及び列方向に夫々複数配列し、行方向に延伸する複数のワード線と列方向に延伸する複数のビット線を備え、同一行の前記メモリセルの夫々が、前記メモリセルの一端側を同じ前記ワード線に接続し、同一列の前記メモリセルの夫々が、前記メモリセルの他端側を同じ前記ビット線に接続してなるメモリセルアレイを備え、第1電圧を読み出し対象の選択メモリセルに接続する選択ビット線に印加し、第2電圧を前記選択ビット線以外の非選択ビット線と前記ワード線に印加し、前記選択メモリセルにかかる電圧差に基づいて前記選択メモリセルに流れる電流を前記選択メモリセルに接続する選択ワード線側から読み出す不揮発性半導体記憶装置において、
前記第2電圧を供給する回路に、前記ワード線及び前記ビット線の各別に前記第2電圧の変動を抑制する電圧抑制回路が設けられ、
前記選択メモリセルを流れる電流を検出する読み出し期間の前に設定されたプリセット期間中に、前記選択ビット線に所定の電圧を印加し、前記非選択ビット線と前記ワード線に前記プリセット期間用の第2電圧を印加し、前記メモリセルアレイに記憶されたデータパターンに依存して前記選択ビット線の電圧が変動するのを検出し、検出した前記変動の方向に前記第2電圧が変動するように、前記電圧抑制回路を前記読み出し期間において制御する第2電圧制御回路を備えることを特徴とする不揮発性半導体記憶装置。 - 前記第2電圧制御回路が、前記メモリセルアレイに記憶されたデータパターンに依存して変動する前記選択ビット線の電圧の変動幅を検出する検出回路を備えていることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置。
- 前記第2電圧制御回路が、前記検出回路によって前記プリセット期間中に検出された前記変動幅を保存する記憶回路を備え、前記記憶回路に保存された変動幅に基づいて前記電圧抑制回路を制御することを特徴とする請求項2に記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置。
- 前記記憶回路が、前記変動幅に応じた電圧レベルを保持する前記キャパシタを備えてなることを特徴とする請求項3に記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置。
- 前記電圧レベルが前記選択ビット線の電圧の変動方向とは逆方向に変化することを特徴とする請求項4に記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置。
- 前記第2電圧制御回路が、前記電圧レベルを電流増幅して出力する電流増幅器を備えて構成されることを特徴とする請求項4または5に記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置。
- 前記電圧抑制回路は、一方端が前記ビット線に接続され他方端が前記第2電圧の供給側に接続されたMOSトランジスタと、入力側が前記ビット線に接続され出力側が前記MOSトランジスタのゲートに接続されたインバータ回路からなり、前記キャパシタに保持された電圧レベルに応じて前記インバータ回路の反転レベルを制御することを特徴とする請求項4〜6の何れか1項に記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置。
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