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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Koji Kohara, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 11/412 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 11/412 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor storage device comprises a memory cell, a write word line and a read word line connected to the memory cell, first and second write bit lines connected to the memory cell, first and second read bit lines connected to the memory cell, a precharge circuit, and a sense amplifier circuit. The precharge circuit is configured to charge, before reading from the memory cell, the first read bit line to a first potential and the second read bit line to a second potential lower than the first potential. The sense amplifier circuit is configured to amplify a difference in potential between the first read bit line and the second read bit line during the reading from the memory cell and output a signal corresponding to the difference in potential as a read value.


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