Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nonvolatile memory device having memory and reference cells
- Patent Title (中): 具有存储器和参考单元的非易失性存储器件
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Application No.: US12031085Application Date: 2008-02-14
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Publication No.: US07843716B2Publication Date: 2010-11-30
- Inventor: Sang-beom Kang , Woo-yeong Cho , Hyung-rok Oh , Joon-min Park
- Applicant: Sang-beom Kang , Woo-yeong Cho , Hyung-rok Oh , Joon-min Park
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Volentine & Whitt, P.L.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2007-0016342 20070216
- Main IPC: G11C5/02
- IPC: G11C5/02

Abstract:
A nonvolatile memory device includes a stack-type memory cell array, a selection circuit and a read circuit. The memory cell array includes multiple memory cell layers and a reference cell layer, which are vertically laminated. Each of the memory cell layers includes multiple nonvolatile memory cells for storing data, and the reference cell layer includes multiple reference cells for storing reference data. The selection circuit selects a nonvolatile memory cell from the memory cell layers and at least one reference cell, corresponding to the selected nonvolatile memory cell, from the reference cell layer. The read circuit supplies a read bias to the selected nonvolatile memory cell and the selected reference cell corresponding to the selected nonvolatile memory cell, and reads data from the selected nonvolatile memory cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080198645A1 NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE HAVING MEMORY AND REFERENCE CELLS Public/Granted day:2008-08-21
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