Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device for securing sensing margin at cryogenic temperature
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Application No.: US16683926Application Date: 2019-11-14
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Publication No.: US11031067B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Mi-Hyun Hwang
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: IP & T Group LLP
- Priority: KR10-2019-0017843 20190215
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C11/406 ; G11C11/4091 ; G11C7/08

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device includes a controller for sequentially activating first and second control signals and activating a third control signal during an amplification period, in a pseudo cryogenic temperature, a first driver for driving a first power source line with a first voltage during an initial period of the amplification period, based on the first control signal, a second driver for driving the first power source line with a second voltage during a later period of the amplification period, based on the second control signal, a third driver for driving a second power source line with a third voltage during the amplification period, based on the third control signal, and a sense amplifier for primarily amplifying a voltage difference between a data line pair using the first and third voltages during the initial period, and secondarily amplifying the difference using the second and third voltages during the later period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200265889A1 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-08-20
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