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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2010
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Kobatake, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Kobatake, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics Coporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor storage device in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix pattern, a plurality of word lines each provided so as to correspond to each line of the memory cells, a plurality of bit lines each connected to respective one of the memory cells, and a row selection circuit that, in a read operation, drives the word line to a set potential at a drive speed slower than a discharge speed of the bit line exhibited when the word line is raised roughly vertically to VDD.