摘要:
A DLL circuit having a phase comparison circuit for comparing phases of a reference clock and a delay clock and a variable delay addition circuit for adjusting delay amount according to a signal from the phase comparison circuit comprises a means for inputting a first signal latched at a logic “1” by start of 1 clock cycle of an internal clock to the variable delay addition circuit through a dummy delay at the start of burst and a means for detecting duration time of the logic “1” of the first signal input by the variable delay addition circuit through the dummy delay until the end of the 1 clock cycle of the internal clock and setting an initial value of delay amount of the variable delay addition circuit based on the duration time.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a non-volatile semiconductor memory having non-volatile memory cells capable of electrically erasing and writing data. Each memory cell has a floating gate formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate above the channel region, and a control gate. The floating gate partially covers the channel region. Each memory cell is thereby constructed of a parallel connection of a floating gate transistor and an enhancement type transistor. The floating gate transistor is displaced in one of the widthwise directions of the channel region, or partially covers only the central portion of the channel region in the widthwise direction thereof. A plurality of memory cells are connected in series to constitute a basic block. Adjacent basic blocks are separated by an enhancement type MOS transistor. In this memory, a memory cell (floating gate) and an enhancement type MOS transistor (gate) are formed in self alignment with each other using the same mask. In addition, in this memory, a control gate and a floating gate are formed in self alignment with each other using the same mask.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a non-volatile semiconductor memory having non-volatile memory cells capable of electrically erasing and writing data. Each memory cell has a floating gate formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate above the channel region, and a control gate. The floating gate partially covers the channel region. Each memory cell is thereby constructed of a parallel connection of a floating gate transistor and an enhancement type transistor. The floating gate transistor is displaced in one of the widthwise directions of the channel region, or partially covers only the central portion of the channel region in the widthwise direction thereof. A plurality of memory cells are connected in series to constitute a basic block. Adjacent basic blocks are separated by an enhancement type MOS transistor. In this memory, a memory cell (floating gate) and an enhancement type MOS transistor (gate) are formed in self alignment with each other using the same mask. In addition, in this memory, a control gate and a floating gate are formed in self alignment with each other using the same mask.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a semiconductor chip having a plurality of pad electrodes fixed in a lead frame. Electrical leads connected to the chip include outer lead portions, external to the lead frame, and inner lead portions, internal to the lead frame and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip. At least one lead is a dummy lead, providing additional space in the lead frame. Due to the extra space, the inner lead portions may have various shapes, including large leads, or branched leads, for elimination power noise.
摘要:
An memory cell array includes a plurality of electrically erasable and programmable memory cell transistors which are arranged in a matrix form and each of which includes a source region, drain region, floating gate, erasing gate and control gate. The patterns of the control gates and the source regions in the memory cell array are arranged in parallel along the row direction of the memory cell array and the patterns of the erasing gates are arranged to extend in the column direction of the memory cell array. The memory cell transistors in the memory cell array are selected by a row decoder and a column decoder. An erasing circuit functions to erase memory data of each memory cell transistor by applying an erasing potential to the erasing gate of the memory cell transistor. A source potential generation circuit applies a first potential for programming and readout to the source region of a memory cell transistor selected by the row and column decoders when data is programmed into or read out from the selected memory cell transistor and applies a second potential which is higher than the first potential and lower than the erasing potential to the source region of each memory cell transistor when memory data of each memory cell transistor is erased by the erasing circuit. A potential difference between the source region and the erasing gate of the memory cell transistor in the erasing mode is reduced by the second potential output from the source potential generation circuit.
摘要:
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a cell array in which electrically erasable programmable nonvolatile semiconductor memory cells, each using a cell transistor having source and drain regions in a semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode with a three-layered structure on the semiconductor substrate are arranged in a matrix form. In the gate electrode having the three-layered structure, a first-layer floating gate electrode opposes a semiconductor substrate surface through a first gate insulating film, and a second- or third-layer gate electrode serves as one of erase and control gate electrodes. The erase gate electrode opposes a part of the floating gate electrode through a tunnel insulating film, and the control gate electrode opposes the floating gate electrode through a second gate insulating film. The erase and control gate electrodes are arranged to be parallel to each other, and to be perpendicular to the source and drain regions. Of two cell transistors adjacent to each other in a length direction of the channel region, the source region of one cell transistor is common to the drain region of the other cell transistor, and the cell transistors adjacent to each other in the widthwise direction of the channel region are element-isolated by an element isolation region formed in the semiconductor substrate between the channel regions.
摘要:
In a non-volatile semiconductor memory of this invention, a memory cell array constituted by a plurality of memory cells is divided into a plurlaity of blocks, and erase lines which are common to the respective blocks and independent from each other are arranged. In the data write mode, a predetermined voltage is applied to only the erase line connected to a selected one of the blocks.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit having a polycrystalline light interrupting layer covering at least one P-N junction. Photo leakage currents produced at the P-N junction by irradiation with light are thus decreased, and malfunctions are prevented.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes an output circuit and a control circuit for controlling the output circuit. The control circuit controls the output circuit so as to charge or discharge a preset node in the output circuit at a rate different from an ordinary charging or discharging rate for a preset period of time after a control signal has been changed in level.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device has a redundancy circuit for compensating a defective bit when it occurs in the main memory cells. The redundancy circuit includes spare memory cells, a spare row decoder for selecting the spare memory cells, a first circuit section for inhibiting the use of the main row decoder when the spare row decoder is used, and a second circuit section for selecting the spare row decoder when an address specifying the main row line connected to the defective memory cell is denoted.