- Patent Title: Sense amplifier having a sense transistor to which different voltages are applied during sensing and after sensing to correct a variation of the threshold voltage of the sense transistor
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Application No.: US16387357Application Date: 2019-04-17
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Publication No.: US10720220B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Yoshihiko Kamata , Yoko Deguchi , Takuyo Kodama , Tsukasa Kobayashi , Mario Sako , Kosuke Yanagidaira
- Applicant: Toshiba Memory Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
- Current Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kim & Stewart LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7fa56c93
- Main IPC: G11C16/10
- IPC: G11C16/10 ; G11C16/26 ; G11C16/04 ; G11C16/32

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell, a bit line connected to the memory cell, a sense amplifier connected to the memory cell through the bit line, and a control circuit. The sense amplifier includes a sense node connected to the bit line, a first capacitive element connected to the sense node and a sense transistor having a gate connected to the sense node. The control circuit is configured to adjust a voltage applied to a back gate of the sense transistor or a source of the sense transistor to correct a variation of a threshold voltage of the sense transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190244671A1 SENSE AMPLIFIER AND LATCH CIRCUIT FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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