Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device
- Patent Title (中): 半导体存储器件
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Application No.: US12558058Application Date: 2009-09-11
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Publication No.: US07948790B2Publication Date: 2011-05-24
- Inventor: Takayuki Tsukamoto , Reika Ichihara
- Applicant: Takayuki Tsukamoto , Reika Ichihara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-070292 20090323
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00

Abstract:
A memory cell arranged between first and second wirings includes a variable-resistor element. A controller controls a voltage applied between the first and second wirings. The controller performs a first operation that applies a first voltage between the first and second wirings to switch the variable-resistor element from a first state with a resistance value not less than a first resistance value, to a second state with a resistance value not more than a second resistance value smaller than the first resistance value. The second operation applies a second voltage smaller than the first voltage between the first and second wirings to switch the variable-resistor element from the second state to the first state. In the first operation, a verify voltage is applied between the first and second wirings. Based on the obtained signal, a third voltage smaller than the first voltage is applied between the first and second wirings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100238701A1 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-09-23
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