Invention Application
- Patent Title: Address Decoder for a Non-Volatile Memory Array Using MOS Selection Transistors
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Application No.: US15474607Application Date: 2017-03-30
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Publication No.: US20180096727A1Publication Date: 2018-04-05
- Inventor: Salvatore Polizzi , Maurizio Francesco Perroni
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Priority: IT102016000098496 20160930
- Main IPC: G11C13/00
- IPC: G11C13/00

Abstract:
An address decoder, for a non-volatile memory device provided with a memory array having memory cells arranged in word lines (WL) and bit lines (BL), each memory cell being having a memory element and an access element with a MOS transistor for enabling access to the memory element. Source terminals of the MOS transistors of the access elements of the memory cells of a same word line are connected to a respective source line. The address decoder has a row-decoder circuit and a column-decoder circuit, for selecting and biasing the word lines and the bit lines, respectively, of the memory array with row-driving signals (VWL) and column-driving signals (VBL), respectively. The address decoder has a source-decoder circuit for generating source-driving signals (VSL) for biasing the source lines of the memory array, on the basis of the logic combination of the row-driving signals of associated word lines.
Public/Granted literature
- US10115462B2 Address decoder for a non-volatile memory array using MOS selection transistors Public/Granted day:2018-10-30
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