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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Byung-gil Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Choong-keun Kwak, Suwon-si, KR;
Woo-yeong Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/4193 (2006.01); G11C 11/4197 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A driver circuit for a PRAM (phase-change random access memory) device includes a write driver that generates a set/reset current in response to a set/reset pulse. In addition, a temperature compensator controls a pulse width of the set/reset pulse in response to a peripheral temperature of the PRAM device. For example, the temperature compensator maintains the pulse width to be substantially constant irrespective of the peripheral temperature. In another example, the temperature compensator decreases the pulse width for higher peripheral temperature.