Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device and method of reducing consumption of standby current therein
- Patent Title (中): 半导体存储器件及其中的待机电流消耗的方法
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Application No.: US12654739Application Date: 2009-12-30
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Publication No.: US08411520B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Myung-Jae Lee , Sang Seok Kang , Jong Hyoung Lim
- Applicant: Myung-Jae Lee , Sang Seok Kang , Jong Hyoung Lim
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Lee & Morse, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2009-0000384 20090105
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C29/00

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device comprises a memory array including a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of dummy bit lines, a bias application unit configured to supply bias voltages having a plurality of voltage levels to the plurality of dummy bit lines, a standby current measuring unit configured to measure a value of at least one of standby currents between at least one of the plurality of bit lines and at least one of the plurality of dummy bit lines. Each of the standby currents is generated by each of the bias voltages applied by the bias application unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100172193A1 Semiconductor memory device and method of reducing consumption of standby current therein Public/Granted day:2010-07-08
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