| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a semiconductor memory and a control method therefor, the semiconductor device including a first current-voltage conversion circuit ( 16 ) connected to a core cell ( 12 ) provided in a nonvolatile memory cell array ( 10 ), a second current-voltage conversion circuit ( 26 ) connected to a reference cell ( 22 ) through a reference cell data line ( 24 ), a sense amplifier ( 18 ) sensing an output from the first current-voltage conversion circuit and an output from the second current-voltage conversion circuit, a compare circuit ( 28 ) comparing a voltage level at the reference cell data line with a predefined voltage level, and a charging circuit ( 30 ) charging the reference cell data line, if the voltage level at the reference cell data line is lower than the predefined voltage level during pre-charging the reference cell data line. According to the present invention, the pre-charging period of the reference cell data line can be shortened, and the data read time can be shortened.
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