Semiconductor memory device
First Claim
1. A semiconductor memory device, comprising:
- a plurality of word lines;
plate lines respectively provided to adjacent to said word lines;
a plurality of bit lines provided in an orthogonal direction relative to said word lines and said plate lines;
memory cells provided at intersection portions of sets of said word lines and said plate lines, with said bit lines, and respective having a ferroelectric capacitor; and
clamp circuits respectively connected between said bit lines and nodes being supplied with reference potentials.
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Abstract
In a semiconductor memory device including memory cells respective having a ferroelectric capacitor, and are provided at intersection portions of sets of a plurality of word lines and plate lines which is adjacent thereto, with bit lines, clamp circuits are respectively connected between the bit lines and nodes being supplied with reference potentials. Herewith, electric charges supplied from the ferroelectric capacitors to the bit lines are extracted by the clamp circuits, and capacities of the bit lines are increased artificially. Consequently, during a data read operation, an amount of electric potential change of the bit lines according to stored data in the ferroelectric capacitors is improved, and it becomes possible to obtain a large potential difference between the bit lines.
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1. A semiconductor memory device, comprising:
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a plurality of word lines;
plate lines respectively provided to adjacent to said word lines;
a plurality of bit lines provided in an orthogonal direction relative to said word lines and said plate lines;
memory cells provided at intersection portions of sets of said word lines and said plate lines, with said bit lines, and respective having a ferroelectric capacitor; and
clamp circuits respectively connected between said bit lines and nodes being supplied with reference potentials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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