Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nonvolatile memory device, semiconductor device, and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US15969692Application Date: 2018-05-02
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Publication No.: US10566064B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Takeshi Miyazaki
- Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2017-097041 20170516
- Main IPC: G11C16/28
- IPC: G11C16/28 ; G11C7/06 ; G11C11/56 ; G11C16/30 ; G11C16/34 ; G11C16/04

Abstract:
A nonvolatile memory device includes: a plurality of first reference cells that are connected in parallel, and are in an intermediate state between an erased state and a programmed state; a first current mirror circuit that generates a first mirror current proportional to a sum of currents flowing through the plurality of first reference cells in a state in which the plurality of first reference cells are selected; and a sense amplifier that, in a readout mode, generates a reference current based on at least the first mirror current, and reads out data stored in a memory cell by comparing a current flowing through the memory cell with the reference current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180336953A1 NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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