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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2018
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Yabuuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor storage device provided can increase a write margin and suppress increase of a chip area. The semiconductor storage device includes plural memory cells arranged in a matrix; plural bit-line pairs arranged corresponding to each column of the memory cells; a write driver circuit which transmits data to a bit-line pair of a selected column according to write data; and a write assist circuit which drives a bit line on a low potential side of the bit-line pair of a selected column to a negative voltage level. The write assist circuit includes first signal wiring; a first driver circuit which drives the first signal wiring according to a control signal; and second signal wiring which is coupled to the bit line on the low-potential side and generates a negative voltage by the driving of the first driver circuit, based on inter-wire coupling capacitance with the first signal wiring.