JPS63244396A - Word line driving circuit for dynamic ram - Google Patents

Word line driving circuit for dynamic ram

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JPS63244396A
JPS63244396A JP62079120A JP7912087A JPS63244396A JP S63244396 A JPS63244396 A JP S63244396A JP 62079120 A JP62079120 A JP 62079120A JP 7912087 A JP7912087 A JP 7912087A JP S63244396 A JPS63244396 A JP S63244396A
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Kazuyasu Fujishima
一康 藤島
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
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    • G11C11/401Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors forming cells needing refreshing or charge regeneration, i.e. dynamic cells
    • G11C11/4063Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for addressing, decoding, driving, writing, sensing or timing
    • G11C11/407Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for addressing, decoding, driving, writing, sensing or timing for memory cells of the field-effect type
    • G11C11/408Address circuits
    • G11C11/4085Word line control circuits, e.g. word line drivers, - boosters, - pull-up, - pull-down, - precharge
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C8/00Arrangements for selecting an address in a digital store
    • G11C8/08Word line control circuits, e.g. drivers, boosters, pull-up circuits, pull-down circuits, precharging circuits, for word lines

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate a terminal in which a voltage is doubly boosted up to nearly twice as much as a supply voltage and to boost a word line to a level more than [supply voltage + threshold voltage of transistor (TR)] by providing in each word line a boosting capacity which is directly connected with the word line. CONSTITUTION:Each word line is provided with a word line boosting circuit 7 consisting of the boosting capacitor 8 which is directly connected with the word line WL, and the TR 9 which is connected with the boosting capacity 8 in serial through a terminal N3 and whose gate is connected to the word line WL and to which a boosting signal phiB is impressed on the drain. Thus, the high level of a word line driving signal is set to a supply voltage level, and the boosting level of the gate of a word line driving transistor 3 can be stopped at a level avoiding a duplex boosting.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 [産業上の利用分野] この発明は、ワード線を電源電圧レベル以上に昇圧する
1トランジスタ型ダイナミックRAMのワード線駆動回
路に関するものである。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a word line drive circuit for a one-transistor type dynamic RAM that boosts a word line to a power supply voltage level or higher.

[従来の技術] 第3図は、従来の行デコーダおよびワード線駆動回路を
示す図である。
[Prior Art] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a conventional row decoder and word line drive circuit.

第3図において、1はNOR回路で構成されたデコーダ
回路で、″A″′7iは入力アドレスがA、〜Anまで
あった場合、Δ、またはτ5.A2またはT2.・・・
、AnまたはQnが入力されることを示している。
In FIG. 3, 1 is a decoder circuit composed of a NOR circuit, and "A"'7i is Δ or τ5.7i when the input addresses are A to An. A2 or T2. ...
, An or Qn is input.

2はデコーダ出力端子N、とワード線駆動トランジスタ
3のゲート端子N2との間に挿入されたデカップルトラ
ンジスタ、3はドレインがワード線駆動信号φXに、ゲ
ートがデカップルトランジスタ2に、ソースがワード線
WLに接続されたワード線駆動トランジスタ、4はゲー
トにワード線信号が印加されるアクセストランジスタ5
とメモリ容量6とで構成された1トランジスタ型メモリ
セルである。
2 is a decoupled transistor inserted between the decoder output terminal N and the gate terminal N2 of the word line drive transistor 3; 3 has its drain connected to the word line drive signal φX; its gate connected to the decoupled transistor 2; and its source connected to the word line WL A word line drive transistor 4 is connected to an access transistor 5 to which a word line signal is applied to the gate.
This is a one-transistor type memory cell composed of a memory capacitor 6 and a memory capacitor 6.

次に、第4図の波形図をもとに、第3図に示す回路の動
作について説明をする。なお、説明を簡単にするために
、ここでは電源電圧VCCを5V1トランジスタのしき
い値電圧VTを1■とする。
Next, the operation of the circuit shown in FIG. 3 will be explained based on the waveform diagram of FIG. 4. In order to simplify the explanation, it is assumed here that the power supply voltage VCC is 5V1 and the threshold voltage VT of the transistor is 1.

行アドレスAnが入力されると°、すべてのアドレス入
力の組合わせがすべて低レベル(OV)である選択デコ
ーダを除いて、他のすべての非選択デコーダの出力端子
N、が低レベル(Ov)に遷移し、それを受けて端子N
2も低レベル(OV)に遷移するので、非選択ワード線
にかかわるワード線駆動トランジスタ3は非導通状態と
なる。
When a row address An is input, the output terminals N, of all other non-selected decoders, except for the selected decoder whose combination of all address inputs are all low level (OV), are low level (Ov). In response to this, the terminal N
2 also transitions to a low level (OV), so the word line drive transistor 3 associated with the unselected word line becomes non-conductive.

一方、選択されたデコーダではすべてのアドレス入力が
低レベル(OV)であり、デコーダ出力端子N4.は高
レベル〈ここではVCC−V、rとして4vとする)を
保ち、それを受けて端子N2も4Vを保つので、選択ワ
ード線にかかわるワード線駆動トランジスタ3は導通状
態となる。
On the other hand, all address inputs of the selected decoder are at low level (OV), and decoder output terminals N4. maintains a high level (here VCC-V, r is assumed to be 4V), and in response, the terminal N2 also maintains 4V, so the word line drive transistor 3 associated with the selected word line becomes conductive.

ワード線駆動信号φ×がOVから5■に立ち上がると、
導通しているワード線駆動トランジスタ3において、ゲ
ート端子N2とソース、ドレイン間の容量の容量結合で
、端子N2は4Vからほぼ8V (4V+5VX0.8
 :Q、8はワード線駆動トランジスタ3のゲート置型
と端子N2の浮遊客層との比)まで昇圧され、ワード線
に5■が伝達される。
When the word line drive signal φ× rises from OV to 5■,
In the word line drive transistor 3 which is conducting, the voltage at the terminal N2 changes from 4V to approximately 8V (4V+5VX0.8
:Q, 8 is boosted to the ratio of the gate type of the word line driving transistor 3 to the floating customer level of the terminal N2), and 5■ is transmitted to the word line.

トランジスタのしきい値によるロスをなくして、メモリ
容量に電源電圧の5■を−込むために、ワード線駆動信
号φX ヲVCC+Vr  (5V+ I V)以上の
電圧、たとえば7vに昇圧すると、既に昇圧されていた
端子N2の電位は二重に昇圧され、はGf9.6V (
8V+2VxO,8)、!:、はぼ電a21圧の2倍の
レベルにまで達し、その結果、ワード線WLに7vが伝
達されることになる。
In order to eliminate the loss due to the threshold voltage of the transistor and input 5cm of the power supply voltage into the memory capacity, when the word line drive signal φX is boosted to a voltage higher than VCC+Vr (5V+IV), for example 7V, the voltage has already been boosted. The potential of terminal N2, which had been in
8V+2VxO, 8),! :, the voltage reaches twice the level of the voltage a21, and as a result, 7V is transmitted to the word line WL.

[発明が解決しようとする問題点] 従来のワード線駆動回路は、以上のよ・うに構成されて
いるので、ワード線をvCc+Vr以上のレベルに昇圧
しようとした場合、ワード線駆動1−ランジスタのゲー
ト電圧が二重に昇圧され、はぼ電源電圧Vccの2倍の
レベルにまで達し、信頼性を低下させるという問題点が
あった。
[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Since the conventional word line drive circuit is configured as described above, when an attempt is made to boost the word line to a level higher than vCc+Vr, the voltage of the word line drive 1-transistor is increased. There is a problem in that the gate voltage is doubled and reaches a level twice the power supply voltage Vcc, which reduces reliability.

この発明は、上記のような問題点を解消するためになさ
れたもので、ワード線駆動用トランジスタのゲート端子
N2のごとく二重に昇圧される端子をなくしながら、ワ
ード線をvCC+VT (電源電圧+トランジスタのし
きい値電圧)以上のレベルに昇圧することのできるワー
ド線駆動回路を得ることを目的とする。
This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and eliminates a terminal that is doubly boosted, such as the gate terminal N2 of the word line driving transistor, and increases the word line voltage to vCC+VT (power supply voltage + An object of the present invention is to obtain a word line drive circuit capable of boosting the voltage to a level higher than (the threshold voltage of a transistor).

〔問題点を解決するための手段〕[Means for solving problems]

この発明に係るワード線駆動回路は、ワード線1本ごと
に昇圧用容量を設けたものである。
The word line drive circuit according to the present invention is provided with a boosting capacitor for each word line.

[作用] ワード線駆動信号φXの高レベルを電源電圧VCCレベ
ルにし、ワード線駆動トランジスタのゲートの昇圧レベ
ルを、二重昇圧を避けたレベルに留める。
[Operation] The high level of the word line drive signal φX is set to the power supply voltage VCC level, and the boost level of the gate of the word line drive transistor is kept at a level that avoids double boost.

[発明の実施例コ 以下、この発明の一実価例を図について説明をする。[Embodiments of the invention] Hereinafter, one practical example of this invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

第1図は、この発明の一実施例に係る行デコーダおよび
ワード線駆動回路を示す図である。
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a row decoder and word line drive circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

第1図において、1はNOR回路で構成されたデコーダ
回路、2はデコーダ出力端子N、とワード線駆動トラン
ジスタ3のゲート端子N2との間に挿入され、ゲートに
信号φ丁が印加されるデカップルトランジスタ、3はド
レインがワード線駆動信号φXに、ゲートがデカップル
トランジスタ2に、ソースがワード線に接続されたワー
ド線駆動トランジスタ、4はゲートにワード線信号が印
加されるアクセストランジスタ5とメモリ容量6とで構
成された1トランジスタ型メモリセルである。
In FIG. 1, 1 is a decoder circuit composed of a NOR circuit, 2 is a decoupler inserted between the decoder output terminal N and the gate terminal N2 of the word line driving transistor 3, and a signal φd is applied to the gate. Transistor 3 is a word line drive transistor whose drain is connected to the word line drive signal φX, whose gate is connected to the decoupled transistor 2, and whose source is connected to the word line; 4 is an access transistor 5 whose gate is applied with the word line signal, and a memory capacitor. This is a one-transistor type memory cell composed of 6 and 6.

7は、この実施例の特徴である、ワード線1本ごとに設
けられた、ワード線WLと直接結合する昇圧容量8と、
該昇圧容量8に端子N、を介して直列に接続され、その
ゲートがワード線につながり、そのドレインに昇圧信号
φBが印加されるトランジスタ9とで構成されたワード
線昇圧回路である。
7 is a boosting capacitor 8 provided for each word line and directly coupled to the word line WL, which is a feature of this embodiment;
This is a word line boosting circuit composed of a transistor 9 which is connected in series to the boosting capacitor 8 via a terminal N, whose gate is connected to the word line, and whose drain is applied with a boost signal φB.

以下、第2図の波形図をもとに、第1図に示すこの発明
の一実施例のワード線駆動回路の動作を説明する。なお
、ここで−シ、1シ明を簡単にするために、電源電圧\
L/ cc= 5 V、トランジスタのしきい値vTを
1Vとpる。
The operation of the word line drive circuit according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be explained below based on the waveform diagram shown in FIG. In addition, here, in order to simplify the explanation, the power supply voltage \
L/cc=5 V, and the threshold voltage vT of the transistor is set to 1 V.

行アドレスが入力された後、ワード線駆動信号φXがO
vから5Vに立ち上がるまでの動作は、従来の回路で説
明したものと同じである。この時点で、端子N、は4V
、端子N2は8V、ワード線WLは5Vに達している。
After the row address is input, the word line drive signal φX goes to O.
The operation from V to 5V is the same as that described for the conventional circuit. At this point, terminal N is 4V
, terminal N2 has reached 8V, and word line WL has reached 5V.

続いて、信号φ丁を7V1.:昇圧すると、非導通であ
ったデカップルトランジスタ2が導通し、端子N、とN
2pレベルはほぼ5Vに等化する。この値は、端子N、
とN2との浮遊容量の比によって変わるが、通常、デコ
ーダ出力端子N、の容量はトランジスタのゲート端子N
2に比べて10倍以上はあり、等化機の電圧は5V以下
となる。この時点で、それまで導通していたワード線駆
動トランジスタ3は非導通となる。
Next, the signal φd is set to 7V1. : When the voltage is boosted, decoupled transistor 2, which was non-conductive, becomes conductive, and terminals N and N
The 2p level equals approximately 5V. This value is the terminal N,
Normally, the capacitance of the decoder output terminal N is the same as the transistor gate terminal N
2, and the voltage of the equalizer is 5V or less. At this point, the word line drive transistor 3, which had been conductive until then, becomes non-conductive.

ワード線昇圧回路7においては、選択されたワード線に
かかるものだけが、昇圧容量8に5Vが充電され、スイ
ッチトランジスタ9が導通している。
In the word line booster circuit 7, the booster capacitor 8 is charged with 5V and the switch transistor 9 is conductive only for the selected word line.

続いて、昇圧信号φaがOvから5vに遷移すると、端
子N、が高レベルになり、昇圧容I8の容量結合でワー
ド線WLレベルが5Vから5V以上に昇圧される。
Subsequently, when the boost signal φa transitions from Ov to 5V, the terminal N becomes high level, and the word line WL level is boosted from 5V to 5V or more due to the capacitive coupling of the boost capacitor I8.

昇圧容18の大きさをワード線WLの容量に対して、た
とえば、40%程度に選ぶことで、ワード線昇圧L/べ
/L、、!:LT7V (5V+5VX0.4)が得ら
れ、端子N、は5Vに達する。
By selecting the size of the boost capacitor 18 to be, for example, about 40% of the capacitance of the word line WL, the word line boost L/B/L,...! :LT7V (5V+5VX0.4) is obtained, and terminal N reaches 5V.

なお、昇圧容量8の大きさを、ワード線WLの容量に対
して10%〜60%の範囲内で任意の大きさに選べば、
この発明の一実施例は好ましい動作を行ない得る。
Note that if the size of the boost capacitor 8 is selected to be any size within the range of 10% to 60% of the capacitance of the word line WL,
One embodiment of the invention may perform the preferred operation.

なお、上記実施例では、デコーダにNOR回路を用いた
が、これに限らず、たとえば、NAND回路とインバー
タ回路とで構成してもよく、デコーダの構成が、上記の
ものに限定されるわけではない。
In addition, in the above embodiment, a NOR circuit is used as a decoder, but the decoder is not limited to this, and may be configured with, for example, a NAND circuit and an inverter circuit, and the configuration of the decoder is not limited to the above. do not have.

[発明の効果] 以上のように、この発明によれば、ワード線1本ごとに
、ワード線に直接結合した昇圧容量を設置ノだので、電
源電圧の2倍近くまで二重に昇圧される端子をなくしな
がら、ワード線をvCC+ V T(電源電圧士トラン
ジスタのしきい値電圧)以上のレベルに昇圧することが
川面となり、信頼性の高いタイナミックRAMが得られ
る効果がある。
[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, since a boosting capacitor directly coupled to each word line is installed for each word line, the voltage is doubled to nearly twice the power supply voltage. The key is to boost the voltage of the word line to a level equal to or higher than vCC+VT (the threshold voltage of the power supply voltage transistor) while eliminating the terminal, and it is effective to obtain a highly reliable dynamic RAM.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は、この発明の一実施例に係る行デコーダa3よ
びワード線駆動回路を示す図である。第2図は、第1図
に示J゛ワード線駆動回路の動作を説明するための波形
図である。第3図は、従来の行デコーダおよびワード線
駆動回路を示す図である。 第4図は、第3図に示す従来のワード線駆動回路の動作
を説明するための波形図である。 図において、1はデコーダ、2はデカップルトランジス
タ、3はワード線駆動トランジスタ、4はメモリセル、
7はワード線昇圧回路、8は昇圧容量、9はトランジス
タを示す。
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a row decoder a3 and a word line drive circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the J word line drive circuit shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a conventional row decoder and word line drive circuit. FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the conventional word line drive circuit shown in FIG. 3. In the figure, 1 is a decoder, 2 is a decoupled transistor, 3 is a word line drive transistor, 4 is a memory cell,
7 is a word line booster circuit, 8 is a booster capacitor, and 9 is a transistor.

Claims (4)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)ワード線を電源電圧レベル以上に昇圧する1トラ
ンジスタ型ダイナミックRAMにおいて、 前記ワード線1本ごとに、昇圧用容量を直接結合したこ
とを特徴とする、ダイナミックRAMのワード線駆動回
路。
(1) A word line drive circuit for a dynamic RAM, characterized in that in a one-transistor type dynamic RAM that boosts a word line to a power supply voltage level or higher, a boosting capacitor is directly coupled to each word line.
(2)前記ワード線に直接結合した昇圧用容量が、前記
ワード線容量の10%〜60%の大きさであることを特
徴とする、特許請求の範囲第1項記載のダイナミックR
AMのワード線駆動回路。
(2) The dynamic R according to claim 1, wherein the boosting capacitance directly coupled to the word line has a size of 10% to 60% of the word line capacitance.
AM word line drive circuit.
(3)ワード線を電源電圧レベル以上に昇圧する1トラ
ンジスタ型ダイナミックRAMにおいて、 前記ワード線1本ごとに、前記ワード線と直接結合した
昇圧用容量と、ソースが前記昇圧用容量に直列接続され
、ゲートがワード線信号に接続され、ドレインが昇圧信
号に接続されたワード線昇圧トランジスタとを含む昇圧
回路を設けたことを特徴とする、ダイナミックRAMの
ワード線駆動回路。
(3) In a one-transistor dynamic RAM that boosts a word line to a power supply voltage level or higher, each word line has a boosting capacitor directly coupled to the word line, and a source connected in series with the boosting capacitor. A word line drive circuit for a dynamic RAM, comprising: a boost circuit including a word line boost transistor whose gate is connected to a word line signal and whose drain is connected to a boost signal.
(4)前記昇圧用容量が、前記ワード線容量の10%〜
60%の大きさであることを特徴とする、特許請求の範
囲第3項記載のワード線駆動回路。
(4) The boosting capacitance is 10% or more of the word line capacitance.
4. The word line drive circuit according to claim 3, wherein the word line drive circuit has a size of 60%.
JP62079120A 1987-03-30 1987-03-30 Word line driving circuit for dynamic ram Pending JPS63244396A (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0389202A2 (en) * 1989-03-20 1990-09-26 Fujitsu Limited Dynamic random access memory having improved word line control
EP0798736A2 (en) * 1996-03-28 1997-10-01 Ramtron International Corporation Bootstrapping circuit utilizing a ferroelectric capacitor

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0389202A2 (en) * 1989-03-20 1990-09-26 Fujitsu Limited Dynamic random access memory having improved word line control
EP0798736A2 (en) * 1996-03-28 1997-10-01 Ramtron International Corporation Bootstrapping circuit utilizing a ferroelectric capacitor
EP0798736A3 (en) * 1996-03-28 1999-06-09 Ramtron International Corporation Bootstrapping circuit utilizing a ferroelectric capacitor

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