Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device
- Patent Title (中): 半导体器件
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Application No.: US13112567Application Date: 2011-05-20
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Publication No.: US08094489B2Publication Date: 2012-01-10
- Inventor: Satoru Hanzawa , Hitoshi Kume
- Applicant: Satoru Hanzawa , Hitoshi Kume
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
- Priority: JP2007-335614 20071227
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00 ; G11C5/02 ; G11C5/06 ; G11C7/22 ; G11C8/00

Abstract:
A phase change memory capable of highly reliable operations is provided. A semiconductor device has a memory array having a structure in which memory cells are stacked including memory layers using a chalcogenide material and diodes, and initialization conditions and write conditions are changed according to the layer in which a selected memory cell is positioned. The initialization conditions and write conditions (herein, reset conditions) are changed according to the operation by selecting a current mirror circuit according to the operation and by a control mechanism of a reset current in a voltage select circuit and the current mirror circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110216583A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-09-08
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