JP5085405B2 - 不揮発性半導体記憶装置 - Google Patents
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以下、図面を参照して、この発明の第1の実施形態を説明する。
図1は、本発明の第1の実施形態に係る不揮発性メモリのブロック図である。
図2は、メモリセルアレイ1の一部の斜視図、図3は、図2におけるI−I′線で切断して矢印方向に見たメモリセル1つ分の断面図である。
次に、このように構成された不揮発性半導体メモリの動作について説明する。
次に、具体的なReRAMの読み出し/書き込み回路とその動作を説明する。
図20は、ビット線クランプ電圧発生回路104の他の構成例を示す回路図である。
図21は、本発明の第3の実施形態を示す回路図である。図示のように、メモリセルが多層構造の場合、ビット線クランプ電圧発生回路104を構成するダイオードD1を温度補償しようとする素子が形成された層と同じ層に形成することにより、層によって特性が異なる可能性があるダイオードの加工依存性をもトラッキングさせるようにしたものである。
本発明は、上述した実施形態に限定されるものではない。
Claims (4)
- 互いに交差する第1及び第2の配線、並びにこれら第1及び第2の配線の各交差部に配置された電気的書き換え可能で抵抗値をデータとして不揮発に記憶する可変抵抗素子及びこの可変抵抗素子をスイッチングする非オーミック素子からなるメモリセルを備えたメモリセルアレイと、
前記第1又は第2の配線に対して与えられる、前記メモリセルのアクセスに必要なクランプ電圧を生成するクランプ電圧発生回路と、
ゲートに前記クランプ電圧が供給されるクランプトランジスタを介して前記第1又は第2の配線と接続されて前記メモリセルのデータを読み出すセンスアンプ回路と
を備え、
前記クランプ電圧発生回路は、前記クランプ電圧を出力する出力ノード側にダイオード接続されたトランジスタを備え、前記非オーミック素子の温度特性を補償する温度補償機能を有する
ことを特徴とする不揮発性半導体記憶装置。 - 前記クランプ電圧発生回路は、前記非オーミック素子の温度特性を補償するための非オーミック素子を含む
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置。 - 前記メモリセルを構成する非オーミック素子と、前記クランプ電圧発生回路を構成する非オーミック素子とが同等の特性を有する
ことを特徴とする請求項2記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置。 - 前記メモリセルアレイは、多層構造であり、
前記メモリセルを構成する非オーミック素子と、前記クランプ電圧発生回路を構成する非オーミック素子とが同じ層に形成されている
ことを特徴とする請求項2記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置。
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