Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Dae-Sun Kim

Kwang-il Park

Chul-woo Park

Young-Soo Sohn

Sung-Hee Lee

Seung-Hwan Kim

Jae-Youn Youn

Dae-Jeong Kim

Su-a Kim

Jong-Hyoung Lim

Ji-Hyun Lee

Sua Kim

Dong-Soo Woo

Dae-Sin Kim

Na-Ra Kim

Sung-Min Ryu

Eui-chul Jeong

Jung-Il Mok

A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, sub word-line drivers and power selection switches. The memory cell array includes memory cell rows coupled to word lines. The sub word line drivers are coupled to the word lines. The power selection switches are coupled to the sub word-line drivers. Each power selection switch controls a deactivation voltage level of a first word-line activated from the word-lines and an off-voltage level of a second word line adjacent to the first word line so that the deactivation voltage level and the off-voltage level have at least one of a ground voltage, a first negative voltage and a second negative voltage. The ground voltage, the first negative voltage and the second negative voltage have different voltage levels from each other.

Semiconductor memory devices and memory systems including the same

A memory device comprises: a memory cell array comprising first and second word lines located adjacent to each other, a first memory cell connected to the first word line, and a second memory cell connected to the second word line and located adjacent to the first memory cell; and a word line voltage supplying unit that transitions a word line voltage of the first word line from a first word line voltage to a second word line voltage, in response to a first control signal. A transition control unit generates the first control signal for controlling a pulse of the word line voltage of the first word line in a transition period from the first word line voltage to the second word line voltage in such a way that a transition waveform profile from the first word line voltage to the second word line voltage is different from a transition waveform profile from the second word line voltage to the first word line voltage.

Memory device, memory system, and operation method thereof

A semiconductor device may include a first memory cell connected to a bit-line and a first word-line, a second memory cell connected to a complementary bit-line and a second word-line, and an equalizer. The equalizer may be configured to transition a voltage of the bit-line and the complementary bit-line from a first voltage to a second voltage different from the first voltage at a first time period when the bit-line and complementary bit line are floating, and to transition the voltage of at least one of the bit-line and the complementary bit-line from the second voltage to a third voltage at a second time period after the first time period when the bit-line and complementary bit line are floating, the third voltage being different from the first and second voltages.

Memory core and semiconductor memory device including the same

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