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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:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsutomu Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365226 ; 36518909 ; 327535 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device having an internal constant voltage source in which a charge pumping circuit generates a boosted voltage, wherein by using a constant voltage drop circuit or a voltage follower which outputs a voltage following a reference voltage, a voltage adjusted to a minimum operating voltage of the memory cells or a voltage near to the minimum operating voltage is supplied to the word lines during activation.