IP Library Granted Patent US 9,230,629
Granted Patent B2
US 9,230,629 · App. 14/203,458 · Granted Jan 5, 2016

Semiconductor storage device

Inventors: Akira Katayama (Seoul, KR); Masahiro Takahashi (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
G11C11/1659G11C11/1673G11C5/06G11C11/16G11C11/5607G11C13/004
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,230,629
App. No.
14/203,458
Granted
Jan 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor storage device includes a first bit line and a second bit line. A nonvolatile memory element and a first cell transistor are connected in series between the first bit line and the second bit line. A sense transistor has a gate connected to a sense node which is provided between the first bit line and the memory element. A read bit line is connected to a source or a drain of the sense transistor. The read bit line is configured to transmit data of the memory element. A sense amplifier is configured to detect the logic of data transmitted from the read bit line.

Claims (21)

1. A semiconductor storage device comprising:

a first bit line;

a second bit line;

a nonvolatile memory element and a first cell transistor connected in series between the first bit line and the second bit line;

a sense transistor having a gate connected to a sense node which is provided between the first bit line and the memory element;

a read bit line connected to a source or a drain of the sense transistor, the read bit line being configured to transmit data of the memory element;

a sense amplifier configured to detect the logic of the data transmitted from the read bit line;

a second cell transistor connected in parallel to the first cell transistor between the sense node and the first bit line;

a first word line connected to a gate of the first cell transistor; and

a second word line connected to a gate of the second cell transistor.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein:

the memory element, the first cell transistor, the second cell transistor, and the sense transistor form one memory cell, and

a plurality of memory cells sharing the first word line and the second word line and adjacent to each other share the read bit line.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein:

both of the first cell transistor and the second cell transistor are turned on when data is written to the memory element, and

the first cell transistor is turned on and the second cell transistor is turned off when data is read from the memory element.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein:

both of the first cell transistor and the second cell transistor are turned on when data is written to the memory element, and

the first cell transistor is turned on and the second cell transistor is turned off when data is read from the memory element.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first cell transistor and the second cell transistor differ in a channel width.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the memory element is an MTJ element.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043709/0035 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2014
From: KATAYAMA, AKIRA; TAKAHASHI, MASAHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 032626/0702 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61874879 · Sep 6, 2013
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