IP Library Granted Patent US 9,508,413
Granted Patent B2
US 9,508,413 · App. 14/958,325 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Semiconductor storage device

Inventors: Akira Katayama (Seoul, KR); Masahiro Takahashi (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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Patent No.
US 9,508,413
App. No.
14/958,325
Granted
Nov 29, 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 (17)

1. A semiconductor storage device comprising:

an MTJ element and a first cell transistor connected in series between a first bit line and a second bit line;

a sense transistor having a gate connected to a sense node which is provided between the first cell transistor and the MTJ element; and

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

wherein:

the sense node is formed using a first metal layer on a contact plug provided on a gate electrode of the sense transistor, and is connected to the gate electrode via the contact plug,

the MTJ element is provided on the sense node, and

the first bit line, the second bit line, and the read bit line are formed using a second metal layer provided on the MTJ element.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a word line formed using a third metal layer provided above the first bit line and the second bit line.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein:

the first bit line, the second bit line, and the read bit line extend in a perpendicular direction to an extending direction of the word line, and

a plurality of pairs of the first bit line and the second bit line adjacent to each other in the extending direction of the word line share the read bit line.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein when the first bit line, the second bit line, and the read bit line are denoted as BL 1 , BL 2 , and RBL, respectively, BL 1 , BL 2 , and RBL are arranged in an order of BL 1 , BL 2 , RBL, BL 2 , and BL 1 .

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein:

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

two memory cells adjacent to each other in an extending direction of the word line share the read bit line.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the sense transistor is arranged nearer the read bit line as compared with the first cell transistor in the memory cell.

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 Dec 3, 2015
From: KATAYAMA, AKIRA; TAKAHASHI, MASAHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 037203/0406 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14203458 · Mar 10, 2014
Provisional Application 61874879 · Sep 6, 2013
Related Publication 20160086647A1 · Mar 24, 2016