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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 11/5621 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device configured to apply a temperature-compensated word line voltage to a word line during a data read operation includes a memory cell array including a plurality of word lines, a plurality of non-volatile memory cells connected to the word lines, and a word line voltage application unit configured to apply a temperature-compensated read voltage to a selected word line and to apply a temperature-compensated pass voltage to at least one unselected word line during a read operation.