Ferroelectric random access memory apparatus and method of driving the same

Abstract

In a ferroelectric random access memory device that can allow a stable burst read operation and a method of driving a ferroelectric random access memory device thereof, the ferroelectric random access memory device comprises first and second memory cell sections, each comprising a plurality of ferroelectric memory cells, and a read circuit that sequentially performs a burst read operation on the first and second memory cell sections such that a read operation of the first memory cell section partially overlaps a read operation of the second memory cell section. When a chip is disabled during the read operation of the first memory cell section, the read circuit writes back data in the second memory cell section in response to the extent to which the read operation of the second memory cell section has been performed.