Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory having a read circuit
- Patent Title (中): 具有读取电路的半导体存储器
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Application No.: US13078019Application Date: 2011-04-01
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Publication No.: US08441868B2Publication Date: 2013-05-14
- Inventor: Toshihiko Saito
- Applicant: Toshihiko Saito
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C.
- Agent Eric J. Robinson
- Priority: JP2010-090569 20100409
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00

Abstract:
The semiconductor device includes the read circuit which reads data written to a memory cell. The read circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first switch, and a second switch. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, and a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to an output from the read circuit via the first switch. A first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, and a second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the output from the read circuit via the second switch. A channel formation region of the first transistor can be formed using an oxide semiconductor, and a channel formation region of the second transistor can be formed using silicon.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110249502A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-10-13
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