JP5049814B2 - 不揮発性半導体記憶装置のデータ書き込み方法 - Google Patents
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以下、図面を参照して、この発明の第1の実施形態を説明する。
図1は、本発明の第1の実施形態に係る不揮発性メモリのブロック図である。
図2は、メモリセルアレイ1の一部の斜視図、図3は、図2におけるI−I′線で切断して矢印方向に見たメモリセル1つ分の断面図である。
次に、このように構成された不揮発性半導体メモリの動作について説明する。
図11は、本発明の第2の実施形態に係る不揮発性半導体メモリのデータ書き込み方法を説明するための波形図である。
図12は、本発明の第3の実施形態に係る不揮発性半導体メモリのデータ書き込み方法を説明するための波形図である。
図13は、本発明の第4の実施形態に係る不揮発性半導体メモリのデータ書き込み方法を説明するための波形図である。
図14は、本発明の第5の実施形態に係る不揮発性半導体メモリのデータ書き込み方法を説明するための波形図である。
図15は、本発明の第6の実施形態に係る不揮発性半導体メモリのデータ書き込み方法を説明するための波形図である。
図16は、本発明の第7の実施形態に係る不揮発性半導体メモリのデータ書き込み方法を説明するための波形図である。
本発明は、上述した実施形態に限定されるものではない。
Claims (5)
- 互いに交差する第1及び第2の配線と、これらの各交差部に配置された電気的書き換え可能で抵抗値をデータとして不揮発に記憶する可変抵抗素子及び整流素子を直列接続したメモリセルとを備えた不揮発性半導体記憶装置の前記第1及び第2の配線にデータの書き込みに必要な電圧を印加する不揮発性半導体記憶装置のデータ書き込み方法であって、
非選択の第1の配線及び選択された第2の配線に基準電圧を与えると共に、選択された第1の配線に前記基準電圧に対して前記可変抵抗素子のプログラムに必要なプログラム電圧を印加し、非選択の第2の配線に前記プログラム電圧に対して前記整流素子がオンしない制御電圧を印加することにより前記選択された第1及び第2の配線に接続される可変抵抗素子のみをプログラムするセット動作、及び前記可変抵抗素子のデータを消去するリセット動作のうち一方を他方に先行させて連続して実行し、
前記セット動作及び前記リセット動作のうち先行する動作と同時又はその動作に先立ち、前記非選択の第2の配線を前記基準電圧よりも大きなスタンバイ電圧までプリチャージし、前記セット動作及び前記リセット動作が完了するまで前記非選択の第2の配線を前記スタンバイ電圧に維持する
ことを特徴とする不揮発性半導体記憶装置のデータ書き込み方法。 - 前記リセット動作時に前記非選択の第2の配線のみを前記スタンバイ電圧までプリチャージすることを特徴とする請求項1記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置のデータ書き込み方法。
- 前記スタンバイ電圧は前記制御電圧以下であることを特徴とする請求項2記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置のデータ書き込み方法。
- 前記可変抵抗素子へのセット動作に先行するタイミングで前記可変抵抗素子へのリセット動作を実行し、前記リセット動作に先行するタイミングで前記非選択の第2の配線のみを前記スタンバイ電圧までプリチャージする充電シーケンス動作期間を有することを特徴とする請求項1記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置のデータ書き込み方法。
- 前記非選択の第2の配線を前記スタンバイ電圧に維持しながらプログラムする可変抵抗素子を順次切り替える
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の不揮発性半導体記憶装置のデータ書き込み方法。
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