WO2002067264A2 - Verfahren zum lesen einer speicherzelle eines halbleiterspeichers und halbleiterspeicher - Google Patents
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- the memory cells in the memory cell array are connected to bit lines in order to transmit a data value to be read in or out. Because of the regular structure of the memory cell array, the bit lines run parallel to one another at least in sections.
- an access transistor of the memory cell is turned on and the charge state stored in a storage capacitor is applied to the bit line.
- the weak signal is amplified by a sense amplifier.
- the sense amplifier has been brought into a balanced state at the beginning and then amplifies the asymmetry supplied to the bit line to a full-level signal.
- the sense amplifier has complementary signal inputs.
- bit lines connected to these signal inputs are referred to as non-inverted bit lines and inverted or complementary bit lines.
- the memory cells connected to the non-inverted bit line do not store the data value to be stored in an inverted manner.
- the memory cells connected to the complementary bit line store the data value to be stored inverted.
- bit lines are routed side by side. All of these bit lines run parallel to one another and therefore have a capacitive coupling to one another. Both the bit lines connected to a sense amplifier and the bit lines directly adjacent to them and only indirectly connected to the adjacent sense amplifiers are routed parallel to one another.
- a critical factor is coupling into the bit line of the bit line pair which is jointly connected to a sense amplifier and which is not connected to the memory cell to be read out connected is. Since read operations also take place on the adjacent pairs of bit lines, the corresponding voltage changes couple into the bit line mentioned. As the structures become smaller, the capacitive coupling increases. In particular when the storage capacitor is connected to the bit line by activating the word line, the capacitive coupling influences the reading process on the currently active bit line. The signal-to-noise ratio therefore decreases with increasing integration density, so that even small interference influences are sufficient to disrupt the low asymmetry between the two complementary bit lines. The sense amplifier could then settle on the opposite signal.
- the complementary bit lines are interchanged in sections in some DRAMs.
- the capacitive coupling is then usually only effective in sections and can even be compensated for under certain circumstances.
- constellations of bits to be read out can occur, in which a not negligible coupling between the complementary bit lines can occur, since it generally applies that the coupling between bit lines with interchanged sections has about half the coupling of non-interchanged, completely parallel bit lines.
- the object relating to the method is achieved by a method for reading a memory cell of a semiconductor memory, which comprises: a first bit line with a first part and a second part and a second bit line with a first part and a second part; a sense amplifier with two connections carrying complementary signals; a first switch, via which the first part of the first bit line to which the memory cell is connected is connected to a first of the connections of the sense amplifier; a second switch through which the first part of the second bit line, which runs opposite the first part of the first bit line, is connected to a second of the connections of the sense amplifier; a third switch through which the second part of the first bit line is connected to the first terminal of the sense amplifier; a fourth switch through which the second part of the second bit line is connected to the second terminal of the sense amplifier; a first precharge circuit connected to the first parts of the bit lines and a second precharge circuit connected to the second parts of the bit lines, the method comprising the steps of: in a first phase, the switches are turned on;
- a semiconductor memory having at least one memory cell, which comprises: a first bit line with a first part
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- bit lines are connected to a precharge circuit before a read operation. This sets the bit line potentials to approximately the center voltage between the level values of the complementary logic states. Inverted and non-inverted bit lines are short-circuited to one another. Both bit lines are therefore at the same potential in the middle of the level values for the logic states.
- the precharge circuit is switched off before the word line is activated. The two adjacent bit lines are then in an unstable state, which is deflected when the word line is activated and the amount of charge contained in the memory cell to be read is output.
- the precharge circuit located on the side of the sense amplifier opposite the memory cell to be read advantageously remains activated.
- the complementary bit line, which is not connected to the memory cell to be read is clamped to the precharge potential.
- the bit line section of the non-inverted bit line, which is separated from the sense amplifier by the assigned switch, is also connected via the precharge circuit ) ⁇ to t P 1 P 1 ut o L ⁇ o L ⁇ o L ⁇
- the precharge circuit includes a connection for the precharge potential lying in the middle of the levels for the complementary logic states.
- the precharge potential can be applied to opposite, parallel sections of non-inverted and complementary bit lines via the drain-source paths of precharge transistors.
- the precharge circuit comprises a transistor which is connected between the adjacent bit lines. All of these transistors of the precharge circuit are driven by the same control signal.
- FIG. 1 shows a section of a DRAM relevant to the invention
- Figure 2 is a signal diagram of a first embodiment
- Figure 3 is a signal diagram of a second embodiment.
- the section of a DRAM shown in FIG. 1 shows a sense amplifier 10 with 2 complementary inputs 41, 42.
- a first bit line 38 is connected to one of the inputs 41, and a second one is connected to the other of the inputs 42
- Bit line 39 connected.
- the bit lines run parallel to one another via the memory cell array.
- a large number of memory cells are connected to the bit lines.
- the memory cell 15 has an access transistor 17, the controlled path of which is connected on the one hand to the section 13 of the bit line 39 and on the other hand via a storage capacitor 18 to a reference potential.
- the memory cell 16 is shown as an example for the memory cells connected to the bit line 39.
- the data value stored in the memory cell 15 is not stored inverted.
- Bit line 38 is therefore considered a non-inverted ("true") bit J co to P 1 oo ⁇ O L ⁇
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- the precharge circuit 21 is deactivated so that all of its transistors 22, 23, 24 are blocked.
- the memory cell 15 can then be read out.
- the precharge circuit 31 remains activated during the entire reading process.
- the capacitance attributable to the complementary bit line 39 during the phases P1, P2 then comprises the capacitance components of the bit line sections 14, 45, 37 because of the conductive transistors 28, 29 and also the bit line section 36 because of the activated precharge circuit 31
- Bit line section 36 of the non-inverted bit line 38 is separated by the opened switch 30 from the bit line sections 13, 44 assigned to the memory cell 15 to be read.
- Phase P2 on the complementary bit line effective capacitance is therefore relatively high.
- the signal curve in FIG. 3 differs from the embodiment in FIG. 2 in that the precharge circuit 31 is switched off together with the precharge circuit 21 during phase P2.
- the control signals E, F have the same waveform.
- the two precharge circuits 21, 31 are deactivated during phase P2, so that the capacitance of the complementary bit line 39 is determined by the components
- All of the transistors shown in FIG. 1 are n-channel MOS field-effect transistors. Their controlled paths are formed by the drain-source current paths. The conduction state of the transistors takes place through appropriate signal impressions at their gate connections.
- the control signals shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are provided by a corresponding control device 60, for example a state calculator.
- the control circuit 60 is supplied with commands CMD on the input side, for example for reading, writing, etc., and addresses ADR for selecting specific memory cells.
- the state arithmetic unit On the output side, the state arithmetic unit generates the control signals A,..., K in the time relation shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
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KR1020037010733A KR100563100B1 (ko) | 2001-02-16 | 2002-02-11 | 반도체 메모리의 메모리 셀 판독 방법 및 반도체 메모리 |
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