发明名称 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR READING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELL
摘要 <p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the complexity in the design and control of a reference cell by comparing charge states with each other, and by generating a two-bit signal for coding the charge states by the output. SOLUTION: In the case of both erased memory cells, even when cells F1 and F2 adsorb different current, mirroring is made in first and second current mirror circuits 19, 20, 33, and 34, and voltages 01 and 02 are set to a high level for corresponding to a logic state '11'. In the written cells F1 and F2, the cells do not adsorb current, and current being mirrored in first and second current mirror circuits 19, 20, 22, and 23 is insufficient to reduce the voltage in I/O nodes 41a and 41b. The output voltages 01 and 02 correspond to a logic state '00'. In the case of the cells F1 and F2 being similarly erased and written, respectively, and in the case of the cells F1 and F2 being written and erased, respectively, the each logic state is set to '10' or '01'.</p>
申请公布号 JP2000057789(A) 申请公布日期 2000.02.25
申请号 JP19990152232 申请日期 1999.05.31
申请人 STMICROELECTRONICS SRL 发明人 CAMPARDO GIOVANNI;MICHELONI RINO;MAURELLI ALFONSO
分类号 G11C16/06;G11C7/06;G11C16/28;(IPC1-7):G11C16/06 主分类号 G11C16/06
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