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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takaki Kohno, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365207 ; 365208 ; 327 52 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device comprising an N-channel transistor and a P-channel transistor Q33 which are provided in parallel between a sense node and a power supply line, The N-channel transistor has a threshold value of near 0 V and a specified current drive capability. The P-channel transistor Q33 charges the sense node up to the level that is smaller than a power supply voltage by a threshold value thereof and the level at the sense node is then changed by use of the N-channel transistor in accordance with data stored in the memory cell coupled to the sense node.