- Patent Title: Read circuit of storage class memory with a read reference circuit, having same bit line parasitic parameters and same read transmission gate parasitic parameters as memory
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Application No.: US15739724Application Date: 2016-08-25
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Publication No.: US10679697B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Yu Lei , Houpeng Chen , Xi Li , Qian Wang , Zhitang Song
- Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- Applicant Address: CN Changning District, Shanghai
- Assignee: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
- Current Assignee: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
- Current Assignee Address: CN Changning District, Shanghai
- Agency: Global IP Services
- Agent Tianhua Gu
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@420f4e98
- International Application: PCT/CN2016/096649 WO 20160825
- International Announcement: WO2017/215119 WO 20171221
- Main IPC: G11C13/00
- IPC: G11C13/00 ; G11C7/14

Abstract:
A read circuit of storage class memory comprises: an array; a read reference circuit, having the same bit line parasitic parameters as the array, having the same read transmission gate parasitic parameters as the array, used to generate a read reference current; a sense amplifier, providing the same current mirror parasitic parameters as the reference side, used to generate a read current from a selected memory cell, compare the said read current with the said read reference current and output a readout result. In the present invention, the said read current and the said read reference current are generated at the same time, the transient curve of the said read reference current is between the low resistance state read current and the high resistance state read current from an early stage. The present invention largely reduces the read access time, has a good process variation tolerance, has a wide application, and is easy to be used in the practical product.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180190351A1 READ CIRCUIT OF STORAGE CLASS MEMORY Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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