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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2006
Bit line voltage supply circuit in semiconductor memory device and voltage supplying method therefor
Chul-sung Park, Seoul, KR;
Young-seung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Chul-Sung Park, Seoul, KR;
Young-Seung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
There is provided a bit line voltage supply circuit for reducing leakage current flowing from bit lines to a memory cell without substantially deteriorating the performance of a semiconductor memory device. A bit line voltage switch applies a first supply voltage to a bit line pair in response to a first switch control signal, and applies a second supply voltage having a lower voltage than the first supply voltage to the bit line pair in response to a second switch control signal. A bit line voltage controller controls the first and second switch control signals so that the second supply voltage is supplied to the bit line pair during a standby mode, and the first supply voltage is supplied to the bit line pair when the semiconductor memory device changes from the standby mode to an operational mode for a predetermined time period.