JP2005166251A - メモリデバイス - Google Patents
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Abstract
メモリセルの状態に応じて適切な大きさの読出し電流でメモリセルを読み出すように読出し回路を較正する方法および装置を提供すること。
【解決手段】
本発明の実施形態によれば磁気メモリ(20)が得られる。一実施形態において磁気メモリ(20)は、抵抗状態を提供するように構成されたメモリセル(26)のアレイ(22)と、読出し回路(24)とを備える。読出し回路(24)は、メモリセルアレイ(22)内のメモリセル(26)の抵抗値を検出し、検出結果を得て、その検出結果を、抵抗状態間に位置する中央領域を含む少なくとも3つの異なるカテゴリのうちの1つに分類するように構成される。
【選択図】図1
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22 メモリセルアレイ
24 読出し回路
26 磁気メモリセル
300 範囲外高カテゴリ
302 高抵抗領域カテゴリ
304 曖昧領域
306 低抵抗状態カテゴリ
308 範囲外低カテゴリ
Claims (10)
- 抵抗状態を提供するように構成されたメモリセル(22)のアレイと、
前記メモリセル(22)のアレイ内の1つのメモリセル(26)の抵抗値を検出し、検出結果を得て、該検出結果を前記抵抗状態間に位置する中央カテゴリ(304)を含む少なくとも3つの異なるカテゴリのうちの1つに分類するように構成された読出し回路(24)と、
からなる磁気メモリ(20)。 - 前記少なくとも3つの異なるカテゴリは低抵抗状態カテゴリ(306)および高抵抗状態カテゴリ(302)を含み、前記中央カテゴリ(304)は前記低抵抗状態カテゴリ(306)と前記高抵抗状態カテゴリ(302)との間に位置する、請求項1に記載の磁気メモリ。
- 前記少なくとも3つの異なるカテゴリは、低抵抗状態カテゴリ(306)、高抵抗状態カテゴリ(302)、範囲外低カテゴリ(308)、および範囲外高カテゴリ(300)を含む5つのカテゴリを含む、請求項1に記載の磁気メモリ。
- 前記読出し回路(24)は、複数の検出動作からなる読出し動作を実施して前記検出結果を得るように構成され、短絡されたメモリセルからの前記検出結果は、前記中央領域(304)に分類される、請求項1に記載の磁気メモリ。
- 前記読出し回路(24)は、複数の検出動作を含む読出し動作を実施して前記検出結果を得るように構成され、開放されたメモリセルからの前記検出結果は、前記中央領域(304)に分類される、請求項1に記載の磁気メモリ。
- 前記読出し回路(24)は、前記検出結果のカテゴリを示すフラグを出力するとともに、論理レベルを出力するように構成される、請求項1に記載の磁気メモリ。
- 前記読出し回路(24)は、第1の検出動作の後に、前記検出結果を分類するように構成される、請求項1に記載の磁気メモリ。
- 磁気メモリ(20)を読み出す方法であって、
前記磁気メモリ(20)のメモリセル(26)の抵抗値を検出し、正味の検出結果値を得るステップと、
前記正味の検出結果値を低抵抗状態領域(306)、高抵抗状態領域(302)、および該低抵抗状態領域(306)と該高抵抗状態領域(302)との間に位置する中央領域(304)を含む複数の異なる抵抗領域に分類するステップと、
からなる方法。 - 前記メモリセル(26)の抵抗値を検出するステップは、3つの検出動作を含む多段検出読出し動作を含み、
前記正味の検出結果値を分類するステップは、前記正味の検出結果値を閾値と比較し、前記検出結果値の領域を示すフラグを出力することを含む、請求項8に記載の方法。 - 前記メモリセル(26)を検出して第1の検出結果を得るステップと、
前記第1の検出結果を即時較正領域および遅延較正領域を含む複数の領域に分類するステップと、
前記第1の検出結果が開放であった場合および前記第1の検出結果が短絡であった場合は即時較正応答を実施し、前記第1の検出結果が短絡値と低抵抗状態値との間にあった場合および前記第1の検出結果が開放値と高抵抗状態値との間にあった場合は、遅延較正応答を実施することを含む、前記第1の検出結果のカテゴリに基づいて応答するステップと、
を含む、請求項8に記載の方法。
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