JP7614869B2 - 不揮発性メモリ回路、半導体装置及び不揮発性メモリの読出し方法 - Google Patents
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本発明の実施形態の一例の説明に入る前に、実施形態の前提となる既存技術の説明を行う。
図1は、本発明の第1実施形態に係る不揮発性メモリ回路1の回路構成例を示す図である。
図7は、本発明の第2実施形態に係る不揮発性メモリ回路2の回路構成例を示す図である。
10 第1の記憶部
11 電源線
13、14、15-0~15-n 信号線
16 出力線
18 基準電源線
20 第2の記憶部
21 電源線
23、24、25-0~25-n 信号線
26 出力線
30 第3の記憶部
31 電源線
33、34、35-0~35-n 信号線
36 出力線
ZAP0、ZAP1、ZAP2 ツェナーザップ素子
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- 外部からの電圧の印加により物理的に状態が変化する素子を夫々備えることで値を記憶する複数の記憶素子部からなる第1の記憶部と、
前記素子を夫々備えることで値を記憶する複数の記憶素子部からなる第2の記憶部と、
前記第1の記憶部からの読出し時に、前記複数の記憶素子部からの電流値と閾値との比較により各前記記憶素子部が記憶する値を判定するディテクターと、
前記ディテクターへ閾値として所定の電流値の電流を供給する判定回路と、
を備え、
前記第1の記憶部の前記複数の記憶素子部の入力端は、前記複数の記憶素子部へデータを書き込む際の電圧を供給する書込み用電源または前記複数の記憶素子部からデータを読み出す際の電圧を供給する読出し用電源に接続されるように共通接続され、
前記第1の記憶部の前記複数の記憶素子部の出力端は、前記複数の記憶素子部からの電流値により各前記記憶素子部が記憶する値を判定するディテクターの入力端に共通接続され、
前記第1の記憶部からの読出し時に、前記複数の記憶素子部の各々に含まれる前記入力端に、前記読出し用電源の電圧が供給されてから所定期間経過した時点で、前記複数の記憶素子部の各々を選択する選択指示信号が順次入力されることで、選択された前記複数の記憶素子部の前記出力端が前記ディテクターの入力端に接続され、
前記ディテクターによる判定に用いられる前記閾値を設定するデータが、前記第2の記憶部に記憶される、不揮発性メモリ回路。 - 前記第2の記憶部は、前記データとして、前記ディテクターへ閾値として所定の電流値の電流を流すための抵抗を選択するための選択値と、該選択値の検査のための検査値と、を記憶する、請求項1に記載の不揮発性メモリ回路。
- 前記素子を夫々備えることで値を記憶する複数の記憶素子部からなる第3の記憶部をさらに備え、
前記第2の記憶部は、前記データとして、前記ディテクターへ閾値として所定の電流値の電流を流すための抵抗を選択するための選択値を記憶し、
前記第3の記憶部は、前記選択値を反転した反転値を記憶する、請求項1に記載の不揮発性メモリ回路。 - 前記ディテクターは、前記反転値を用いて前記選択値を判定する、請求項3に記載の不揮発性メモリ回路。
- 前記記憶素子部は、ツェナーザップ素子、及びデータ読出し時に前記ツェナーザップ素子のアノードを出力端に接続するスイッチ部を含む、請求項1から請求項4のいずれか1項に記載の不揮発性メモリ回路。
- 請求項1から請求項5のいずれか1項に記載の不揮発性メモリ回路と、
前記不揮発性メモリ回路を用いてデータの書込み及び読出しの何れか一方又は双方を行なう中央処理装置と、
を備える半導体装置。 - 外部からの電圧の印加により物理的に状態が変化する素子の夫々の入力端に読出し用電源を供給し、
前記素子の1つを含む第1の記憶素子部を選択して該素子に記憶された情報に基づくデータを出力して記憶された情報を読み出し、
前記第1の記憶素子部とは異なる前記素子の1つを含む第2の記憶素子部を選択して、該素子に記憶された情報に基づくデータを出力し、
前記第2の記憶素子部から出力されたデータに基づいて閾値を設定し、
設定された前記閾値に基づいて、前記第1の記憶素子部から出力されたデータの値を判定する、
不揮発性メモリの読出し方法。
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