Abstract:
A voltage regulating circuit for a capacitive load, being connected between first and second terminals of a supply voltage generator (VDD,GND) and having an input terminal (IN) and an output terminal (OUT), comprises an operational amplifier (OP) having an inverting (-) input terminal connected to the input terminal (IN) of the regulating circuit and a non-inverting (+) input terminal connected to an intermediate node of a voltage divider (R1,R2) which is connected between an output node connected to the output terminal (OUT) of the regulating circuit and the second terminal (GND) of the supply voltage generator, and having an output terminal connected, for driving a first field-effect transistor (MPU), between the output node and the first terminal (VDD) of the supply voltage generator, the output terminal of the operational amplifier being further connected to the output node through a compensation network (COMP), and comprises a second field-effect transistor (MPD1) connected between the output node and the second terminal of the supply voltage generator (GND) and having its gate terminal connected to a constant voltage generating circuit means (RB,CB,MB,IB).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a driving circuit for row decoding which is also useful in non-volatile memory devices of the multi-level Flash type and allows the overall capacitive load, as seen from the program voltage generator and the read/verify voltage generator, to be drastically reduced without involving segmentation of the decoding.
Abstract:
A phase change memory device includes a plurality of PCM cells (3), arranged in rows and columns, PCM cells (3) arranged on the same column being connected to a same bit line (10); a plurality of first selectors (12), each coupled to a respective PCM cell (3); an addressing circuit (4, 5) for selectively addressing at least one of the bit lines (10), one of the first selectors (12), and the PCM cell (3) connected to the addressed bit line (10) and to the addressed first selector (12); and a regulated voltage supply circuit (7, 14, 15), selectively connectable to the addressed bit line (10), for supplying a bit line voltage (V BL ). The bit line voltage (V BL ) is correlated to a first control voltage (V EBA ) on the addressed first selector (12), coupled to the addressed PCM cell (3).