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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor storage apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines, a plurality of pairs of bit lines, a plurality of sense amplifiers, a pair of common data lines, a data-to-be-written output circuit configured to, in writing data, set voltages of the common data lines forming the pair, a column selection signal output unit configured to output a plurality of column selection signals, and a plurality of column selection gates, in which in writing the data, the column selection signal output unit selectively turns on one of the column selection gates by setting each of voltages of the column selection signals to one of a level of a higher-potential power supply voltage and a level of a lower-potential power supply voltage, before activating the sense amplifiers.