Regulator circuit and semiconductor storage device

1. A regulator circuit that has a first non-operating state, a second non-operating state, and an operating state, the regulator circuit comprising:

a detection circuit that detects a magnitude of an output voltage of the regulator circuit, and outputs a feedback voltage that indicates a result of the detection to a feedback node;

an operational amplifier circuit that compares the feedback voltage of the feedback node with a reference voltage, and outputs a voltage that indicates a result of the comparison; and

an output circuit that generates the output voltage of the regulator circuit according to the voltage output from the operational amplifier circuit,

wherein a state of the feedback node is different between the first non-operating state and the second non-operating state, and

a transition time required to switch from the second non-operating state to the operating state is shorter than a transition time required to switch from the first non-operating state to the operating state.

2. The regulator circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the regulator circuit generates the output voltage that corresponds to a high level of a write pulse of a semiconductor storage device that is capable of writing content to be stored into a memory cell and erasing content stored in the memory cell by using an electric signal, and supplies the output voltage of the regulator circuit to at least one write pulse application circuit that applies the write pulse of the semiconductor storage device to the memory cell as a power supply voltage.

3. The regulator circuit according to claim 2 ,

wherein the regulator circuit enters the operating state a predetermined period before the write pulse of the semiconductor storage device becomes active, and enters the second non-operating state when the write pulse of the semiconductor storage device becomes inactive.

4. The regulator circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein an output terminal of the regulator circuit has a predetermined voltage in the first non-operating state, and has a state in which the output voltage of the regulator circuit is held at a high impedance in the second non-operating state.

5. The regulator circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first non-operating state is a state in which the feedback node is set to a predetermined voltage, and

the second non-operating state is a state in which the feedback node is set to a voltage other than the predetermined voltage, or is set to a high impedance.

6. The regulator circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a connection disconnection circuit that switches between connection and disconnection of the detection circuit and the output circuit, or switches between connection and disconnection of the detection circuit and the feedback node;

a first bias circuit that supplies a first bias voltage to the feedback node; and

a second bias circuit that supplies a second bias voltage to the feedback node, the second bias voltage being different from the first bias voltage.

7. The regulator circuit according to claim 6 ,

wherein the connection disconnection circuit connects the detection circuit and the feedback node in the operating state, and disconnects the detection circuit from the feedback node in the first non-operating state and the second non-operating state,

the first bias circuit and the feedback node are connected in the first non-operating state, and

the second bias circuit and the feedback node are connected in the second non-operating state.

8. The regulator circuit according to claim 6 ,

wherein a difference between the first bias voltage and the reference voltage is smaller than a difference between the second bias voltage and the reference voltage.

9. The regulator circuit according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first bias circuit includes a switch that switches between supplying the first bias voltage to the feedback node and not supplying the first bias voltage to the feedback node, and

the second bias circuit includes a voltage follower circuit that generates the second bias voltage from the reference voltage.

10. The regulator circuit according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second bias circuit includes a first current source, a second current source, a current mirror circuit, an NMOS transistor, a PMOS transistor, and a switch,

one terminal of the first current source is connected to an input terminal of the current mirror circuit,

another terminal of the first current source is grounded,

an output terminal of the current mirror circuit is connected to the feedback node and a source terminal of the PMOS transistor,

a gate terminal of the NMOS transistor is connected to the reference voltage,

a source terminal of the NMOS transistor is connected to a power supply voltage,

a drain terminal of the NMOS transistor is connected to a gate terminal of the PMOS transistor and one terminal of the second current source,

another terminal of the second current source is grounded,

a drain terminal of the PMOS transistor is connected to one terminal of the switch, and

another terminal of the switch is grounded.

11. The regulator circuit according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second bias circuit includes a first current source, a second current source, a current mirror circuit, an NMOS transistor, a PMOS transistor, and a switch,

one terminal of the first current source is connected to an input terminal of the current mirror circuit,

another terminal of the first current source is grounded,

an output terminal of the current mirror circuit is connected to a gate terminal of the NMOS transistor and a source terminal of the PMOS transistor,

a source terminal of the NMOS transistor is connected to a power supply voltage,

a drain terminal of the NMOS transistor is connected to the feedback node and one terminal of the second current source,

another terminal of the second current source is grounded,

a gate terminal of the PMOS transistor is connected to the reference voltage,

a drain terminal of the PMOS transistor is connected to one terminal of the switch, and

another terminal of the switch is grounded.

12. A semiconductor storage device that is capable of erasing data from a memory cell and writing data into the memory cell by using an electric signal, the semiconductor storage device comprising:

the regulator circuit according to claim 1 ;

the memory cell that stores data; and

a write pulse application circuit that applies a write pulse to the memory cell,

wherein the regulator circuit supplies the output voltage of the regulator circuit that corresponds to a high level of a write pulse to the write pulse application circuit as a power supply voltage.

13. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the regulator circuit enters the operating state a predetermined period before the write pulse becomes active, and enters the second non-operating state when the write pulse becomes inactive.

14. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 13 ,

wherein, in a plurality of continuous writing operations, the operating state and the second non-operating state are repeated a same number of times.