IP Library Granted Patent US 9,007,837
Granted Patent B2
US 9,007,837 · App. 13/764,605 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Non-volatile memory system with reset control mechanism and method of operation thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,007,837
App. No.
13/764,605
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of operation of a non-volatile memory system includes: providing a control field effect transistor having a source electrode and a body-tie electrode; coupling a resistive storage element to the source electrode; and opening a well switch coupled to the body-tie electrode for increasing a well voltage and resetting the resistive storage element by the source electrode floating on the well voltage.

Claims (23)

1. A non-volatile memory system comprising:

a control field effect transistor having a source electrode and a body-tie electrode;

a resistive storage element coupled to the source electrode; and

a well switch, coupled to the body-tie electrode, opened for increasing a well voltage and the resistive storage element reset with the source electrode elevated by the well voltage.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the resistive storage element reset includes a low resistance state transitioned to a high resistance state.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a first electrode, of the resistive storage element, coupled to the source electrode; and

a second electrode, of the resistive storage element, coupled to a plate voltage for establishing a voltage reference for the resistive storage element.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a drain electrode, of the control field effect transistor, coupled to a bit line; and

a gate electrode, of the control field effect transistor, coupled to a word line for addressing the resistive storage element.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a control block for coordinating the opening of the well switch for resetting the resistive storage element.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a conductive layer in direct contact with a transformation layer in the resistive storage element; and

a conductive thread formed in the transformation layer dissociated by the reset of the resistive storage element.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the resistive storage element reset includes a low resistance state transitioned to a high resistance state and the conductive thread dissociated back into the conductive layer.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

a first electrode, of the resistive storage element, coupled to the source electrode; and

a second electrode, of the resistive storage element, coupled to a plate voltage for establishing a voltage reference for the resistive storage element includes the conductive thread formed or dissociated.

9. The system as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

a drain electrode, of the control field effect transistor, coupled to a bit line includes a control block for signaling on the bit line; and

a gate electrode, of the control field effect transistor, coupled to a word line for addressing the resistive storage element includes an address driver coupled to the word line for signaling on the word line.

10. The system as claimed in claim 6 further comprising a control block for coordinating the opening of the well switch for resetting the resistive storage element includes the well voltage increased by charge accumulation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
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