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Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Kikuko Sugimae, Kuwana, JP;

Reika Ichihara, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0097 (2013.01); G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0064 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract

A resistance variable memory has a controller configured to control a voltage to be applied to the memory cell. The controller has a reset operation to bring the memory cell into a reset state, a first operation to apply a set voltage between the first wire and the second wire, a second operation to determine whether a current flowing to the memory cell to be set exceeds a first threshold when a first reading voltage is applied between the first wire and the second wire, a third operation to determine whether a current flowing to the memory cell to be set exceeds a second threshold when a second reading voltage is applied between the first wire and the second wire, and a fourth operation to apply a second reset voltage, between the first wire and the second wire.


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