Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device that includes block decoders each having plural transistors and a latch circuit
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Application No.: US16841377Application Date: 2020-04-06
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Publication No.: US11158385B2Publication Date: 2021-10-26
- Inventor: Koji Kato , Hitoshi Shiga
- Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kim & Stewart LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-194985 20171005
- Main IPC: G11C16/26
- IPC: G11C16/26 ; H01L27/1157 ; G11C16/14 ; G11C16/08 ; G11C16/24 ; G11C16/34 ; G11C8/10 ; G11C16/10 ; G11C8/08 ; G11C16/32 ; H01L27/11582 ; G11C16/04

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device includes a block decoder having a sense node, and a control unit. The block decoder includes first and second transistors each connected between a first node and ground, a third transistor connected between a power source voltage and a second node, a fourth transistor connected between the first and second nodes and controlled by the same gate signal as the third transistor, a fifth transistor having a first terminal connected to the sense node and a gate connected to the second node through an inverter, and a latch circuit that switches the first transistor on and off according to its setting. The control unit determines the setting of the latch circuit, according to a logic level based on a voltage of the sense node during an operation in which the second and third transistors are turned off and the fourth transistor is turned on.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200234774A1 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-07-23
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