摘要:
The present invention aims at providing a semiconductor memory device that can be manufactured by a MOS process and can realize a stable operation. A storage transistor has impurity diffusion regions, a channel formation region, a charge accumulation node, a gate oxide film, and a gate electrode. The gate electrode is connected to a gate line and the impurity diffusion region is connected to a source line. The storage transistor creates a state where holes are accumulated in the charge accumulation node and a state where the holes are not accumulated in the charge accumulation node to thereby store data “1” and data “0”, respectively. An access transistor has impurity diffusion regions, a channel formation region, a gate oxide film, and a gate electrode. The impurity diffusion region is connected to a bit line.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a decoder receiving first multiplier data of 3 bits indicating a multiplier to output a shift flag, an inversion flag, and an operation flag in accordance with Booth's algorithm, and a first partial product calculation unit receiving first multiplicand data of 2 bits indicating a multiplicand, a shift flag, an inversion flag, and an operation flag to select one of the higher order bit and lower order bit of the first multiplicand data based on the shift flag, invert or non-invert the selected bit based on the inversion flag, select one of the inverted or non-inverted data and data of a predetermined logic level based on the operation flag, and output the selected data as partial product data indicating the partial product of the first multiplier data and the first multiplicand data.
摘要:
A CAM (Content Addressable Memory) cell includes first and second data storage portions storing data, horizontal port write gates for storing data applied through a match line pair in the data storage portions in a data write through a horizontal port, and search/read gates for driving the match lines of the match line pair in accordance with the data stored in the data storage portions in a search operation and in a data read through the horizontal port. The match lines are used as horizontal bit line pair, or signal lines for accessing the horizontal port. As the first and second data storage portions are used, it becomes possible to store ternary data, and accordingly, a write mask function of inhibiting a data write at a destination of data transfer is realized. Further, as the CAM cell is used, an arithmetic/logic operation following a search process can be executed selectively, and high speed data writing/reading becomes possible.
摘要:
Conductive lines constituting word lines of memory cells and conductive lines constituting memory cell plate electrodes are formed in the same interconnecting layer in a memory device including a plurality of memory cells each including a capacitor for storing data in an electrical charge form. By forming the capacitors of the memory cells into a planar capacitor configuration, a step due to the capacitors is removed. Thus a dynamic semiconductor memory device can be formed through CMOS process, and a dynamic semiconductor memory device suitable for merging with logic is achieved. Data of 1 bit is stored by two memory cells, and data can be reliably stored even if the capacitance value of the memory cell is reduced due to the planar type capacitor.
摘要:
In a data holding mode, data storage in a one bit/one cell scheme in a normal operating mode are rearranged into data storage in a twin-cell mode in which data are stored in a one bit/two cell scheme. In the twin-cell mode, two sub word lines are simultaneously driven into a selected state, and storage data of memory cells are read out on both of bit lines in a pair, to perform a sense operation. Thus, the read-out voltage can be increased to improve the data retention characteristics for lengthening a refresh interval, resulting in a reduced power consumption in the data holding mode.
摘要:
A self refresh timer is set constantly to an operation state to render a refresh request signal FAY active periodically. When contention occurs between the refresh request signal FAY and an externally applied read or write command, a row selection related circuit/command generation related circuit controls a row related control signal so that a refresh operation is carried out after, for example, the read or write operation ends. A submemory array SMA is divided more small than that of the conventional case, and the refresh cycle ends in a shorter period of time. Therefore, a read operation and a refresh operation can be completed within a read cycle time. A DRAM core that can be employed with control as simple as that of an SRAM can be realized.
摘要:
Memory cells are arranged such that one-bit data is stored by two-bit memory cells. The cell plate electrode of the memory cell capacitor and the gate electrode of the memory cell transistor are formed in the same manufacturing step. The amplitude of an isolation control signal applied to a bit line isolation gate connecting the bit line and the sense amplifier is restricted, and the word line is driven according to a negative voltage non-boosted word line scheme. A well region where a memory block is formed and a well region where the isolation gate is formed are separately provided, and separate bias voltages are applied thereto. Thus, a DRAM (dynamic random access memory)-based logic merged memory is implemented without degrading dielectric breakdown characteristics of the gate insulating film.
摘要:
When a row active command ACT_CMD is externally input, an internal clock control circuit activates a signal int.CKE, so that an external clock signal ext.CLK is responsively supplied to an internal memory array as signal int.CLK. Thus, clock control is meticulously conducted, whereby a system LSI with reduced current consumption in the memory array can be realized.
摘要:
A central row-related control circuit transmits an internal row address signal to each memory sub block in banks of memory mats asynchronously with an external clock signal, and latches a block selection signal for specifying a memory sub block synchronously with an internal clock signal for one clock cycle period for transmission to each memory sub block. A spare determination circuit performs spare determination asynchronously with the clock signal. A semiconductor memory device easily adaptable to bank expansion without increase of the chip area and capable of implementing a high speed access can be provided.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit in which a logic and a memory are merged, includes a voltage generation unit for generating two or more internal power supply voltages based on two or more external power supply voltages supplied from outside the voltage generation unit with different timings and for furnishing the plurality of internal power supply voltages to the memory. The voltage generation unit includes a standby unit with a small current-feed ability that is always activated, for generating the plurality of internal power supply voltages, and an active unit with a large current-feed ability that is activated as needed, for generating the plurality of internal power supply voltages. An activation control unit prevents the active unit from being activated until all of the plurality of external power supply voltages rise.