Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device
- Patent Title (中): 半导体存储器件
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Application No.: US12216272Application Date: 2008-07-02
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Publication No.: US07715263B2Publication Date: 2010-05-11
- Inventor: Koki Yamamoto
- Applicant: Koki Yamamoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JPP2007-177300 20070705
- Main IPC: G11C7/04
- IPC: G11C7/04

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a voltage generation circuit for generating a voltage applied to the memory cell array, in which a plurality of drive MOS transistors having different width dimensions are selectively connected in parallel between an output line and the ground. The voltage is adjusted in response to the surrounding temperature in such a way that a prescribed number of drive MOS transistors selected from among the plurality of MOS transistors are normally and simultaneously driven. Thus, it is possible to precisely adjust the voltage in units of adjustment corresponding to differences of width dimensions without degrading the performance of the semiconductor memory device in a low current consumption mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090009235A1 Semiconductor memory device Public/Granted day:2009-01-08
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