Invention Grant
US07755963B2 Sense amplifier and driving method thereof, and semiconductor memory device having the sense amplifier
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感应放大器及其驱动方法,以及具有读出放大器的半导体存储器件
- Patent Title: Sense amplifier and driving method thereof, and semiconductor memory device having the sense amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 感应放大器及其驱动方法,以及具有读出放大器的半导体存储器件
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Application No.: US12046787Application Date: 2008-03-12
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Publication No.: US07755963B2Publication Date: 2010-07-13
- Inventor: Hee Bok Kang
- Applicant: Hee Bok Kang
- Applicant Address: KR Kyoungki-do
- Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Kyoungki-do
- Agency: Ladas & Parry LLP
- Priority: KR10-2007-0125389 20071205
- Main IPC: G11C7/02
- IPC: G11C7/02

Abstract:
The semiconductor memory device includes a bank having a cell array and a sense amplifier. A back bias voltage generating unit supplies a back bias voltage to the cell array of the bank. A negative drive voltage generating unit generates negative driving voltages including a normal pull-up voltage, an overdrive voltage, a normal pull-down voltage, and a negative voltage and supplies the negative driving voltages to the sense amplifier of the bank. A switching unit opens a connection between the back bias voltage generating unit and the negative drive voltage generating unit when in active mode and shares the back bias voltage between the back bias voltage generating unit and the negative drive voltage generating unit when in a refresh mode, in response to an external command.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090147604A1 SENSE AMPLIFIER AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING THE SENSE AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2009-06-11
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