摘要:
A memory element having a configuration in which contents of recorded data can be judged easily and power consumption can be reduced, and a method of driving the same are provided. A memory element 10 of the present invention includes variable resistance elements 11 and 12 whose resistance state changes reversibly between a high resistance state and a low resistance state by applying a voltage of a different polarity between an electrode 1 of one side and an electrode 2 of the other side; the electrode 1 of one side in each element of the two variable resistance elements 11 and 12 is made a common electrode; and the electrode 2 of the other side in each element of the two variable resistance elements 11 and 12 is made independent and is provided respectively with the terminal X and terminal Y, to form a memory cell having two terminals in total.
摘要:
A memory element having a configuration in which contents of recorded data can be judged easily and power consumption can be reduced, and a method of driving the same are provided. A memory element 10 of the present invention includes variable resistance elements 11 and 12 whose resistance state changes reversibly between a high resistance state and a low resistance state by applying a voltage of a different polarity between an electrode 1 of one side and an electrode 2 of the other side; the electrode 1 of one side in each element of the two variable resistance elements 11 and 12 is made a common electrode; and the electrode 2 of the other side in each element of the two variable resistance elements 11 and 12 is made independent and is provided respectively with the terminal X and terminal Y, to form a memory cell having two terminals in total.
摘要:
A storage device capable of decreasing the number of voltages necessitating control and decreasing peripheral circuit size is provided. A first pulse voltage (VBLR) is supplied from a first power source through a bit line BLR to an electrode of a variable resistive element. A second pulse voltage (VWL) for selecting a cell is supplied from a second power source through a word line WL to a control terminal of a transistor. A third pulse voltage (VBLT) is supplied from a third power source though a bit line BLT to a second input/output terminal of the transistor. At the time of rewriting information, the voltage value (VBLT) of the third power source is adjusted by an adjustment circuit. Thereby, a cell voltage and a cell current are changed (decreased or increased).
摘要:
A method of driving a storage device including a variable resistance element in which resistance value is changed reversibly between a high resistance state and a low resistance state by applying voltages with different polarities between two electrodes is provided. The storage device includes a plurality of memory cells formed of the variable resistance elements. The method includes the step of applying voltages more than once in combination to the memory cell when the variable resistance element is changed from the low resistance state to the high resistance state.
摘要:
A storage apparatus includes: a plurality of storage elements configured to have the resistance state thereof changed in accordance with an applied voltage; and a drive portion configured to perform a resistance change operation and a read operation, the resistance change operation involving writing or erasing information to or from the storage elements by changing the resistance state thereof, the read operation involving reading the information from the storage elements; wherein the drive portion includes an amplifier configured to output a read signal upon execution of the read operation, a constant current load, and a control portion configured to perform the resistance change operation and a direct verify operation on the storage elements, the direct verify operation involving carrying out, subsequent to the resistance change operation, the read operation for verifying whether the writing or erasing of the information to or from the storage elements has been normally accomplished.
摘要:
A storage device that improves ability of adjusting a resistance value level in recording and enables stable verification control is provided. VWL supplied from a second power source to a control terminal of a transistor is increased (increase portion: ΔVWL) for every rerecording by verification control by a WL adjustment circuit. In the case where a variable resistive element is able to record multiple values, ΔVWL is a value variable for every resistance value level of multiple value information. That is, ΔVWL is a value variable according to magnitude relation of a variation range of recording resistance of the variable resistive element due to a current. In the region where the variation range of the recording resistance is large (source-gate voltage VGS of the transistor is small), ΔVWL is small, while in the region where the variation range of the recording resistance is small (VGS is large), ΔVWL is large.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells; and a driver circuit configured to perform a verify write operation in a cycle including selecting from an array of the plurality of memory cells a predetermined number of memory cells constituting a write cell unit, writing data collectively to the predetermined number of memory cells, and verifying the written data, the driver circuit further performing the verify write operation repeatedly until all memory cells within the write cell unit are found to have passed the verification.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells; and a driver circuit configured to perform a verify write operation in a cycle including selecting from an array of the plurality of memory cells a predetermined number of memory cells constituting a write cell unit, writing data collectively to the predetermined number of memory cells, and verifying the written data, the driver circuit further performing the verify write operation repeatedly until all memory cells within the write cell unit are found to have passed the verification.
摘要:
A storage device capable of reducing a number of cycles necessary for a verify at a time of multi-bit recording is provided. An initial value of a potential difference VGS between a gate and a source of a switching transistor at the time of the verify is set to a value varied based on a resistance value level of multi-bit information. In the case of recording 2 bits when “01” is the information, an initial value VGS01 is set to be smaller than VGS=1.7 V corresponding to the target resistance value level “01”, and when “00” is the information, a value is set to be lower than VGS=2.2 V corresponding to the target resistance value level “00” and higher than the above-described VGS01. This can reduce the number of cycles necessary for the verify process.
摘要:
Provided is a method of driving a storage device capable of improving reliability of data write in the storage device including a variable resistance element. At the time of data write operation, a plurality of write pulses having shapes different from each other are applied between electrodes 21 and 24 in a variable resistance element 2. Diffusion loss of a conductive path caused by self-heat generation (generation of Joule heat) of the variable resistance element 2 may be prevented, and thus data hold operation after write is stabilized. Also, the variable resistance element 2 may be prevented from being destructed when the write operation is sufficiently performed, and thus the data write operation is stabilized.