Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Write driver circuit of PRAM
- Patent Title (中): 编写PRAM的驱动电路
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Application No.: US12433068Application Date: 2009-04-30
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Publication No.: US07990790B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Joo-Ae Lee
- Applicant: Joo-Ae Lee
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: IP & T Group LLP
- Priority: KR10-2008-0134878 20081226
- Main IPC: G11C29/00
- IPC: G11C29/00

Abstract:
A phase change random access memory (PRAM) has a function of evaluating the lifetime and reliability of a cell in a write driver circuit. The write driver circuit of the PRAM includes a normal driver configured to provide a write current for set or reset of a phase change cell connected to a bit line, a test driver configured to share a node with the normal driver, and provide an additional current for a test to the write current through the shared node in response to a test mode control signal, and a mode control unit configured to control an operation according to the test mode by providing the test mode control signal to the test driver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100165717A1 WRITE DRIVER CIRCUIT OF PRAM Public/Granted day:2010-07-01
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