Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and electronic device with data voltages read accurately without the influence of threshold voltage variation
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Application No.: US14962109Application Date: 2015-12-08
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Publication No.: US09640226B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Takanori Matsuzaki , Atsushi Miyaguchi
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Husch Blackwell LLP
- Priority: JP2014-249679 20141210; JP2015-023937 20150210
- Main IPC: G11C5/06
- IPC: G11C5/06 ; G11C5/00 ; H01L29/24 ; H01L29/16 ; G11C11/24 ; H01L27/06 ; H01L27/1156 ; H01L21/8258 ; H01L27/108

Abstract:
To provide a semiconductor device having large memory capacity and high reliability of data or a small-size semiconductor device having a small circuit area. A memory cell includes first and second data retention portions capable of storing multilevel data. A data voltage is written to the first data retention portion from a first wiring through a transistor and a second wiring, and a data voltage is written to the second data retention portion from the second wiring through a transistor and the first wiring. With the configuration, data voltages reduced by the threshold voltages of the transistors can be retained in the first and second data retention portions. The written data voltages where the threshold voltages of the transistors are canceled can be read by precharging and then discharging the first wiring.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160172009A1 Semiconductor Device and Electronic Device Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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