Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of setting a reference current in a nonvolatile memory device
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Application No.: US15422592Application Date: 2017-02-02
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Publication No.: US09934864B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Hsu-Shun Chen , Gu-Huan Li , Cheng-Hsiung Kuo , Yue-Der Chih
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Jones Day
- Main IPC: G11C16/04
- IPC: G11C16/04 ; G11C16/28

Abstract:
A nonvolatile memory device comprises a cell array including a memory cell. The nonvolatile memory device also includes a reference signal generator configured to generate a reference current for reading data stored in the memory cell. The reference signal generator includes a first circuit coupled to a current summation node and having a reference cell. The first circuit is configured to generate a first current that flows between drain and source terminals of a transistor in the reference cell. The reference signal generator also includes a second circuit coupled to the current summation node and configured to generate a second current that is a temperature-dependent current. The current summation node is configured to combine the first and second currents to generate the reference current that tracks a temperature trend of a current flowing through the memory cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170148523A1 Method of Setting a Reference Current in a Nonvolatile Memory Device Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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