Ferroelectric memory device increasing voltage on a bit line to

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1998-12-08

2000-02-15

Le, Vu A.

Static information storage and retrieval

Systems using particular element

Ferroelectric

365149, G11C 1122

Patent

active

060260092

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates a ferroelectric memory device capable of increasing the life time of the ferroelectric memory devices, by removing a reference ferroelectric capacitors with a smaller chip size. According to the present invention, the ferroelectric memory device uses a power supply Vcc as an reference voltage and doesn't have a reference cell consisting of ferroelectric capacitors. A plate voltage generator according to the present invention provides a plurality of voltage levels to a plate electrode of the ferroelectric capacitor at a read operation in order to use a power supply Vcc as a reference voltage of the sense amplifier, in response to first and second control signals, wherein the plate voltage generating means provides to the plate electrode a first voltage level Vcc+.alpha. more than a power supply Vcc by an additional voltage level .alpha. and a second voltage level of the power supply Vcc, in this order, wherein the first voltage level is provided to the plate electrode before the sense amplifier is enabled, wherein the second voltage level is provided to the plate electrode after the sense amplifier is enabled to restor the cell data in the ferroelectric capacitor, and wherein the additional voltage level is selected in a range that the bit line voltage corresponding to the logic data "0" is less than the reference voltage Vcc at the read operation.

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