Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and driving method thereof
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Application No.: US14678098Application Date: 2015-04-03
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Publication No.: US09443563B2Publication Date: 2016-09-13
- Inventor: Tomoaki Atsumi , Yoshiya Takewaki
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- 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: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2011-102567 20110429; JP2011-112818 20110519
- Main IPC: G11C5/10
- IPC: G11C5/10 ; G11C11/4091 ; G11C11/406 ; G11C11/401 ; G11C11/404 ; G11C11/4099 ; H01L27/12 ; H01L27/108

Abstract:
In a memory module including a memory cell array including memory cells arranged in matrix, each including a first transistor using an oxide semiconductor and a first capacitor; a reference cell including a p-channel third transistor, a second capacitor, and a second transistor using an oxide semiconductor; and a refresh timing detection circuit including a resistor and a comparator, wherein when a potential is supplied to the first capacitor through the first transistor, a potential is supplied to the second capacitor through the second transistor, wherein a drain current value of the third transistor is changed in accordance with the potential stored in the second capacitor, and wherein when the drain current value of the third transistor is higher than a given value, a refresh operation of the memory cell array and the reference cell are performed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150213842A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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