Memory device which generates improved write voltage according to size of memory cell
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDaeshik Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is a memory device including a magnetic memory element. The memory device includes a memory cell array including a first region and a second region, the second region configured to store a value of a write voltage, the write voltage based on a value of a reference resistor for determining whether a programmed memory cell is in a parallel state or anti-parallel state, a voltage generator configured to generate a code value based on the value of the write voltage, and a write driver configured to drive a write current based on the code value, the write current being a current for storing data in the first region.
Claims19
A memory device comprising:
- a memory cell array including a first region and a second region, the second region configured to store a value of a write voltage, the write voltage based on a value of a reference resistor for determining whether a programmed memory cell is in a parallel state or anti-parallel state, the value of the reference resistor determined by comparing a voltage drop across a first reference bit line in the first region with a voltage drop across a second reference bit line in the second region;
- a voltage generator configured to generate a code value based on the value of the write voltage;
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- a write driver configured to drive a write current based on the code value, the write current being a current for storing data in the first region.
A memory device comprising:
- a memory cell array including a first region and a second region, the second region configured to store a value of a write voltage, the write voltage based on a value of a reference resistor for determining whether a programmed memory cell is in a parallel state or anti-parallel state;
- a voltage generator configured to generate a code value based on the value of the write voltage;
- a write driver configured to drive a write current based on the code value, the write current being a current for storing data in the first region;
- a current source configured to generate a first read current and a second read current;
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- a sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier configured to amplify a difference between a first voltage drop and a second voltage drop, the first voltage drop being at a first node according to an application of the first read current to a first bit line, the first bit line connected with a selected memory cell, the second voltage drop at a second node according to an application of the second read current to a reference bit line.
A memory device comprising:
- a memory cell array including a first region and a second region, the second region configured to store a value of a write voltage, the write voltage based on a value of a reference resistor for determining whether a programmed memory cell is in a parallel state or anti-parallel state;
- a voltage generator configured to generate a code value based on the value of the write voltage;
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- a write driver configured to drive a write current based on the code value, the write current being a current for storing data in the first region, wherein the write driver includes,
- at least one first type of transistor, each of the at least one first type of transistor including a first end connected with a first power supply voltage and a second end connected with an output node,
- at least one second type of transistor, each of the at least one second type of transistor including a first end connected with a second power supply voltage and a second end connected with the output node,
- the code value includes a first code value and a second code value,
- the at least one first type of transistors are configured to receive bits of the first code value from the voltage generator, respectively, and
- the at least one second type of transistors are configured to receive bits of the second code value from the voltage generator, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.