Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Data readout circuit of phase change memory
- Patent Title (中): 相变存储器的数据读出电路
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Application No.: US13202963Application Date: 2011-06-24
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Publication No.: US08947924B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Xi Li , Houpeng Chen , Zhitang Song , Daolin Cai
- Applicant: Xi Li , Houpeng Chen , Zhitang Song , Daolin Cai
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai
- Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Current Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai
- Agency: Sinorica, LLC
- Agent Ming Chow
- Priority: CN201110151742 20110607
- International Application: PCT/CN2011/076315 WO 20110624
- International Announcement: WO2012/167456 WO 20121213
- Main IPC: G11C13/00
- IPC: G11C13/00

Abstract:
A data readout circuit of phase change memory, relating to one or more phase change memory cells, wherein each phase change memory cell is connected to the control circuit by bit line and word line; said data readout circuit comprises: a clamp voltage generating circuit, used to generate a clamp voltage; a precharge circuit, used to fast charge bit line under the control of a clamp voltage; a clamped current generating circuit, used to generate a clamped current to keep bit line at clamped state under the control of a clamp voltage; a clamped current operation circuit, used to perform subtraction and multiplication on clamped current to increase the difference of clamped current between high resistance state and low resistance state; a sense amplifier circuit, used to compare the operated clamped current and the reference current and output the readout result. Compared with the prior art, the data readout circuit of phase change memory provided by the present invention can effectively enhance the data readout speed, decrease the misreading window between high resistance state and low resistance state, reduce the crosstalk of data readout, and improve the reliability of data readout.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140078820A1 DATA READOUT CIRCUIT OF PHASE CHANGE MEMORY Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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