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US 5,347,486 AGranted
Nonvolatile memory device having self-refresh function
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorTakahiko Urai
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Abstract
In an nonvolatile memory device, a transition circuit is provided between an output of a sense amplifier and an input of a write amplifier. In a write/read mode, data is transited from an input/output buffer via the transition circuit to an input of the write amplifier or from an output of the sense amplifier via the transition circuit to an input/output buffer. In a self-refresh mode, data from the output of the sense amplifier is fed back via the transition circuit to the input of the write amplifier.
Claims7
A nonvolatile memory device comprising:
- a plurality of word lines;
- a plurality of bit lines;
- a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, each connected to one of said word lines and one of said bit lines;
- a row selecting means, connected to said word lines, for selecting one word line therefrom and driving it;
- a write amplifier;
- a sense amplifier;
- a column selecting means, connected to said bit lines, to an output of said write amplifier, and to an input of said sense amplifier, for selecting one bit line therefrom to connect it to the output of said write amplifier and the input of said sense amplifier;
- an input/output buffer;
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- a transition circuit, connected to said input/output buffer, to said write amplifier, and to said sense amplifier, for transisting data from said input/output buffer to an input write amplifier in a write mode, transiting data from an output of said sense amplifier to said input/output buffer in a read mode, and transiting data from the output of said sense amplifier to the input of said write amplifier in a self-refresh mode.
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