NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE
First Claim
1. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, comprising:
- a memory cell array including first and second mutually crossing lines and electrically erasable programmable memory cells arranged at intersections of said first and second lines, each memory cell containing a variable resistor operative to nonvolatilely store the resistance thereof as data and a first non-ohmic element operative to switch said variable resistor;
a column control circuit operative to, during verify read from said memory cell, select a certain at least one of said second lines and charge the selected second line to a certain charged-level; and
a row control circuit operative to, during verify read from said memory cell, select a certain at least one of said first lines, supply to the selected first line a certain selected first line voltage, and supply to unselected first lines a blocking voltage higher than said charged-level and said selected first line voltage,wherein said column control circuit changes a clamp voltage for limiting said charged-level in response to a temperature.
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Abstract
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array including first and second mutually crossing lines and electrically erasable programmable memory cells arranged at intersections of the first and second lines, each memory cell containing a variable resistor operative to nonvolatilely store the resistance thereof as data and a first non-ohmic element operative to switch the variable resistor; and a clamp voltage generator circuit operative to generate a clamp voltage required for access to the memory cell and applied to the first and second lines. The clamp voltage generator circuit has a temperature compensation function of compensating for the temperature characteristic of the first non-ohmic element.
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16 Claims
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1. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, comprising:
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a memory cell array including first and second mutually crossing lines and electrically erasable programmable memory cells arranged at intersections of said first and second lines, each memory cell containing a variable resistor operative to nonvolatilely store the resistance thereof as data and a first non-ohmic element operative to switch said variable resistor; a column control circuit operative to, during verify read from said memory cell, select a certain at least one of said second lines and charge the selected second line to a certain charged-level; and a row control circuit operative to, during verify read from said memory cell, select a certain at least one of said first lines, supply to the selected first line a certain selected first line voltage, and supply to unselected first lines a blocking voltage higher than said charged-level and said selected first line voltage, wherein said column control circuit changes a clamp voltage for limiting said charged-level in response to a temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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