Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Readout circuit for non-volatile memory device
- Patent Title (中): 用于非易失性存储器件的读出电路
-
Application No.: US13746859Application Date: 2013-01-22
-
Publication No.: US08817544B2Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: Yutaka Sato
- Applicant: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiba
- Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Current Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiba
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Priority: JP2012-012318 20120124
- Main IPC: G11C16/28
- IPC: G11C16/28 ; G11C16/26

Abstract:
Provided is a readout circuit for a non-volatile memory device, which has a large readout margin for distinguishing between 0 and 1 of data and has a small circuit area. A voltage output from a single bias circuit is applied to a gate of a memory element and a gate of an NMOS transistor serving as a reference current source to be compared with a current flowing through the memory element. Thus, the gates are controlled by the same voltage, and hence characteristics fluctuations in the operating temperature range and the operating power supply voltage range are reduced. Therefore, a large readout margin for distinguishing 0 and 1 of data can be obtained, resulting in a simplified circuit configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130188425A1 READOUT CIRCUIT FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2013-07-25
Information query