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- Patent Title: Ferroelectric random access memory circuits for guarding against operation with out-of-range voltages
- Patent Title (中): 铁电随机存取电路,用于防范超范围电压的工作
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Application No.: US12107585Application Date: 2008-04-22
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Publication No.: US07773406B2Publication Date: 2010-08-10
- Inventor: Hee-Hyun Yang
- Applicant: Hee-Hyun Yang
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.
- Main IPC: G11C11/22
- IPC: G11C11/22

Abstract:
A semiconductor device can include a first ferroelectric random access memory to which a first voltage is applied and a second ferroelectric random access memory to which a second voltage is applied, where the second voltage is lower than the first voltage. A data protection circuit can determine whether test data is normally read from the second ferroelectric random access memory or whether a write-back operation is normally performed on the second ferroelectric random access memory on the basis of the second voltage. The data protection circuit can also generate a read prevention control signal to control whether a read operation is to be performed on the first ferroelectric random access memory based on the determined result.
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