摘要:
A T-CAM array is provided made up of ternary dynamic CAM cells each including a plurality of transistors. A refresh operation can be performed while reading out stored data to a match line using the same current path as that for a search operation, thereby providing a highly integrated array without reducing the original search speed. A rewrite data line is provided in parallel with a match line, and rewrite transistors are inserted between the rewrite data line and the storage nodes within each dynamic CAM cell. With this cell configuration, the data stored at each storage node is read out to the match line one at a time and rewritten through the rewrite data line to carry out a refresh operation.
摘要:
A recording layer 52 made of a chalcogenide material which stores a high-resistance state of a high electrical resistance value and a low-resistance state of a low electrical resistance value is used as a memory element RM in a memory cell region, and it is formed so that a concentration of Ga or In of a first layer 52a positioned on a lower electrode TP side of the recording layer 52 is higher than the corresponding concentration of a second layer 52b positioned on an upper electrode 53 side. For example, the recording layer is formed so that a content of Ga or In of the second layer is 5 atomic % or more smaller than that of the first layer. Also, a circuit which can reverse the voltage polarity between the upper electrode and the lower electrode in a set operation and a reset operation is provided.
摘要:
A device is disclosed herein, which may be used a level-shift circuit. The device includes first, second and third power supply lines supplied respectively with first, second and third power voltages that are different from one another, first and second input terminals and an output terminal, an output circuit coupled to the first power supply line, the first and second input terminals and the output terminal, a first inverter including an input node coupled to the first input terminal and an output node coupled to the second input terminal, a first transistor coupled in series to the first inverter between the second and third power supply lines, the fifth transistor being rendered non-conductive to deactivate the first inverter, and a control circuit configured to prevent the output terminal from being brought into an electrical floating state during deactivation of the first inverter.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device includes: first and second bit lines of an open bit-line system; a sense amplifier that amplifies a potential difference between the first and second bit lines; a pair of first and second local data lines corresponding to the first and second bit lines, respectively; and a write amplifier circuit. The write amplifier circuit changes a potential of the second local data line without changing a potential of the first local data line at a time of writing data for the first bit line, and changes a potential of the first local data line without changing a potential of the second local data line at a time of writing data for the second bit line.
摘要:
Disclosed is a semiconductor device in which In case a data group output from a first output pin in a first word configuration is output from the first output pin and a second output pin in a second word configuration, and a data group output from a third output pin in a first word configuration is output from the third output pin and a fourth output pin in a second word configuration, the second output pin is arranged adjacent to the first output pin, and the fourth output pin is arranged adjacent to the third output pin.
摘要:
A DRAM adopting a single-intersection memory cell array having randomly accessible data registers accessed whenever the chip is accessed externally. When data items recorded in the data registers are simultaneously written in the memory cell array, the data items are encoded. When data items are read from the memory cell array into the data registers, the data items are decoded. The margin is enhanced because array noise derived from reading is reduced. In addition, the access time of the DRAM is also reduced.
摘要:
Disclosed is a sense amplifier arrangement that achieves high-speed access and shorter cycle time when array voltage is lowered in a DRAM. In a TG clocking sense system to separate data lines between the array side and the sense amplifier side in an early stage of a sensing period, a restore amplifier RAP is added, which amplifies data lines on the array side by referring to the data in the sense amplifier, and the restore amplifier is driven by a voltage VDH higher than the array voltage VDL. As a result, high-speed sense operation of the TG clocking system is made compatible with high-speed restore operation of overdrive system, and it is possible to achieve high-speed access operation and shorter cycle time.
摘要:
A DRAM adopting a single-intersection memory cell array having randomly accessible data registers accessed whenever the chip is accessed externally. When data items recorded in the data registers are simultaneously written in the memory cell array, the data items are encoded. When data items are read from the memory cell array into the data registers, the data items are decoded. The margin is enhanced because array noise derived from reading is reduced. In addition, the access time of the DRAM is also reduced.
摘要:
A device is disclosed herein, which may be used a level-shift circuit. The device includes first, second and third power supply lines supplied respectively with first, second and third power voltages that are different from one another, first and second input terminals and an output terminal, an output circuit coupled to the first power supply line, the first and second input terminals and the output terminal, a first inverter including an input node coupled to the first input terminal and an output node coupled to the second input terminal, a first transistor coupled in series to the first inverter between the second and third power supply lines, the first transistor being rendered non-conductive to deactivate the first inverter, and a control circuit configured to prevent the output terminal from being brought into an electrical floating state during deactivation of the first inverter.
摘要:
If memory cell blocks are laid out in a conventional manner to create a memory chip with a capacity of an odd power of 2 by using memory cells whose aspect ratio is 1:2, the chip will take a 1:1 shape and become difficult to enclose in a package of a 1:2 shape. In addition, such conventional layout of memory cell blocks to form the 1:2 shape causes the area of a peripheral circuit region to be limited by the memory blocks, pads to be arranged collectively in the central section of the chip, and wiring to become dense during the enclosure of the chip in the package.In this invention, therefore, four memory blocks, BANK0, BANK1, BANK2, BANK3, BANK3, are constructed into an L shape and then these memory blocks are properly combined and arranged to construct a chip of nearly a 1:2 shape in terms of aspect ratio.