IP Library Granted Patent US 7,852,704
Granted Patent B2
US 7,852,704 · App. 12/232,159 · Granted Dec 14, 2010

Semiconductor storage device

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Patent No.
US 7,852,704
App. No.
12/232,159
Granted
Dec 14, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor storage device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a DRAM cell including one transistor and one capacitor, in which one of a first voltage and a second voltage is applied to a gate of the transistor, the first voltage being a selected voltage, and the second voltage being a non-selected voltage, a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is larger than a voltage difference between a power supply voltage and a ground voltage, and one of the ground voltage and the power supply voltage which is closer to the non-selected voltage is applied to a back gate of the transistor irrespective of selection or non-selection.

Claims (32)

1. A semiconductor storage device comprising a DRAM cell including one transistor and one capacitor, wherein

one of a first voltage and a second voltage is applied to a gate of the transistor, the first voltage being a selected voltage, and the second voltage being a non-selected voltage,

a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is larger than a voltage difference between a power supply voltage and a ground voltage, and

one of the ground voltage and the power supply voltage which is closer to the non-selected voltage is applied to a back gate of the transistor irrespective of selection or non-selection.

2. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the transistor comprises an NMOS transistor.

3. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first voltage is a positive voltage which is higher than the power supply voltage, and

the second voltage is a negative voltage which is lower than the ground voltage.

4. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the transistor comprises a PMOS transistor.

5. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 4 , wherein

the first voltage is a negative voltage which is lower than the ground voltage, and

the second voltage is a positive voltage which is higher than the power supply voltage.

6. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 3 , wherein the positive voltage is boosted by a positive charge pump and the negative voltage is depressed by a negative charge pump.

7. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein a potential of a node of two nodes included in the capacitor, the node being not connected to the transistor, is an intermediate potential between the power supply voltage and the ground voltage.

8. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of word lines;

a word decoder supplying voltage to the word lines;

a plurality of bit lines;

cell transistors connected to the word lines and the bit lines; and

cell capacitors connected to the cell transistors, wherein

the word decoder decodes a selected word line and a non-selected word line in a first voltage difference which is larger than a voltage difference between a power supply voltage and a ground voltage, and

back gates of all the cell transistors are coupled to a power supply line supplying one of the ground voltage and the power supply voltage which is closer to the voltage of the non-selected word line.

9. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 8 , wherein a first voltage and a second voltage are input to the word decoder to generate the first voltage difference, the first voltage being higher than the power supply voltage, and the second voltage being lower than the ground voltage.

10. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 9 , further comprising a positive charge pump generating the first voltage.

11. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 9 , further comprising a negative charge pump generating the second voltage.

12. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of word lines;

a word decoder supplying a selected voltage and a non-selected voltage to the word lines;

a plurality of bit lines;

cell transistors connected to the word lines and the bit lines; and

cell capacitors connected to the cell transistors, wherein

back gates of all the cell transistors are supplied with one of a ground voltage and a power supply voltage which is closer to the non-selected voltage so that non-selected cell transistor of the cell transistors has a stabilizing capacity stabilizing the non-selected voltage.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025214/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2008
From: TAKAHASHI, HIROYUKI; NAKAGAWA, ATSUSHI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021576/0027 →