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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2021
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi, JP;
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device with high reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a memory cell including a first ferroelectric capacitor and a reference memory cell including a second ferroelectric capacitor. In a first period, first binary data is written to the memory cell, and first reference binary data is written to the reference memory cell. In a second period, the first binary data is read from the memory cell, and the first reference binary data is read from the reference memory cell. In a third period, logic operation of the first binary data and the first reference binary data is performed. In a fourth period, second binary data is written to the memory cell, and second reference binary data is written to the reference memory cell. A value of the first binary data and a value of the second binary data are different from each other, and a value of the first reference binary data and a value of the second reference binary data are different from each other.