KR20100078223A - Circuit for detecting negative voltage of semiconductor memory apparatus - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a semiconductor memory device, and more particularly to a negative voltage sensing circuit.
In general, a semiconductor memory device receives a voltage applied from the outside and generates and uses a voltage necessary for performing an operation of the semiconductor memory device therein. Negative voltage is also one of the voltages generated inside the semiconductor memory device.
In general, a negative voltage generation circuit for generating a negative voltage is a negative voltage detection circuit for detecting a negative voltage level to generate a detection signal, an oscillator for generating an oscillator signal in response to the detection signal, and a pumping operation in response to the oscillator signal, And a charge pump generating a negative voltage through the pumping operation.
In this case, the general negative voltage sensing circuit includes first to fifth transistors P1, P2, N1, N2, and N3, and first and second inverters IV1 and IV2, as shown in FIG. 1. The first to fourth transistors P1, P2, N1, and N2 are connected in series between an external voltage terminal VDD and a negative voltage terminal VBB, and the first and second transistors P1 and P2 are connected to each other in series. A gate is connected to the ground terminal VSS, and gates of the third and fourth transistors N1 and N2 are connected to an external voltage terminal VDD. A drain and a source of the fifth transistor N3 are connected to the drain and the source of the second transistor N2, and a test signal TVBBUP is input to a gate. The first inverter IV1 receives the voltage of the first node A connected to the second and third transistors P2 and N1. The second inverter IV2 receives the output of the first inverter IV1 and outputs a detection signal det.
The general negative voltage sensing circuit configured as described above operates as follows.
The first to fourth transistors P1, P2, N1, and N2 are always turned on, and the voltage level of the first node node A is determined according to the level of the negative voltage terminal VBB. When the level of the negative voltage terminal VBB is lowered, the voltage level of the first node node A is also lowered. When the level of the negative voltage terminal VBB is higher, the voltage level of the first node node A is lowered. Also increases. In addition, when the test signal TVBBUP is enabled and the fifth transistor N3 is turned on, the resistance value between the first node node a and the negative voltage terminal VBB decreases. Therefore, when the fifth transistor N3 is turned on while the negative voltage terminal VBB level is the same, the voltage level of the first node node A is lowered.
The voltage level of the first node A is output as the detection signal det through the first and second inverters IV1 and IV2.
That is, when the voltage level of the first node A rises above a predetermined voltage level, the detection signal det is enabled to a high level.
The enabled sense signal det is input to the oscillator to activate the oscillator, and the activated oscillator outputs the oscillator signal to the charge pump. The charge pump receiving the oscillator signal performs a pumping operation in response to the oscillator signal, and a negative voltage is generated through the pumping operation.
As shown in FIG. 1, the negative voltage sensing circuit designed to perform such an operation may include the first to fourth transistors P1, P2, N1, and N2 connected in series to have an external voltage terminal VDD and a negative voltage terminal ( VBB) is connected, and the current flowing through the first to fourth transistors P1, P2, N1, and N2 flows to the negative voltage terminal VBB, causing the level of the negative voltage VBB to increase. do.
In addition, the first inverter IV1 includes a PMOS transistor P3 and an NMOS transistor N4, and the PMOS transistor P3 and the NMOS transistor N4 are connected to the first node A. FIG. The gates are commonly connected. Accordingly, the PMOS transistor P3 or the NMOS transistor N4 is turned on / off according to the voltage level of the first node A to determine the level of the sensing signal det. As a result, the sensing signal det is generated in a structure that is greatly influenced by the threshold voltage of the transistor constituting the first inverter IV1. In general, the threshold voltage of a transistor is vulnerable to a change in P.V.T (process, voltage, temperature). For example, when the threshold voltage of the PMOS transistor P3 is lowered, the detection signal det may be enabled at a voltage level of the first node A lower than when the threshold voltage is high. In addition, when the threshold voltage of the NMOS transistor N4 decreases, the sensing signal det may be disabled at the voltage level of the first node A lower than when the threshold voltage is high.
That is, the general negative voltage sensing circuit not only has a problem of raising the level of the negative voltage but also has a problem that the negative voltage level of enabling or disabling the sensing signal may change according to a process, voltage, or temperature (PVT) change. have.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a negative voltage sensing circuit of a semiconductor memory device capable of stably detecting a negative voltage level regardless of a PVT change without raising the negative voltage level. There is a purpose.
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a negative voltage sensing circuit of a semiconductor memory device may include a fixed resistor unit receiving an internal voltage at one end thereof, a second end of the fixed resistor unit connected at one end thereof, and a ground terminal connected at the other end thereof according to a negative voltage level. A variable resistor unit having a variable resistance value includes a divided voltage generator configured to generate a divided voltage at a node to which the fixed resistor unit and the variable resistor unit are connected, and compares a level of the divided voltage with a first reference voltage to obtain a first comparison signal. A first comparator for generating a second comparator for generating a second comparison signal by comparing a level of the divided voltage and a second reference voltage, and sensing the level of the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal And a third comparator for generating a signal.
Since the negative voltage sensing circuit of the semiconductor memory device according to the present invention does not increase the negative voltage level in sensing the negative voltage level, the current consumed to generate the negative voltage can be reduced, and the negative voltage is independent of the PVT change. There is an effect that can be detected stably.
As shown in FIG. 2, the negative voltage sensing circuit of the semiconductor memory device according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a divided
The divided
The
The
The
The
The
When both the first comparison signal com1 and the second comparison signal com2 are enabled, the
The first to
Accordingly, the preliminary detection signal det_pre, which is an output signal of the
The
As shown in FIG. 3, the divided
The fixed
The
The turn-on resistance value of the second transistor P12 is changed according to the degree of turn-on according to the level of the negative voltage VBB applied to the gate.
Therefore, the divided
As shown in FIG. 4, each of the first to
The current mirror type comparison circuit may be configured to generate the current according to the level difference between the first input terminal in1 and the second input terminal in2 when a larger amount of current is passed to the ground terminal VSS than a small amount of current flows. The speed of generating the output signal out, that is, the response speed, is increased.
The negative voltage sensing circuit of the semiconductor memory device according to the embodiment configured as described above operates as follows.
It is assumed that the first reference voltage Vref1 level is higher than the second reference voltage Vref2 level.
The negative voltage VBB level is increased to increase the resistance value of the
When the resistance of the
In this case, it is assumed that the level of the divided voltage V_dv is higher than the level of the first reference voltage Vref1.
The
The
The
The sense signal det enabled to the high level operates the oscillator, and the charge pump performs a pumping operation in response to the oscillator signal output from the oscillator.
The charge pump performs a pumping operation to lower the negative voltage VBB level.
As the negative voltage VBB level is lowered, the division voltage V_dv level is lower than the first reference voltage Vref1 level.
Assume that the division voltage V_dv level is lower than the first reference voltage Vref1 level and higher than the second reference voltage Vref2 level.
The first comparison signal com1 is disabled from a high level to a low level, and the second comparison signal com2 maintains a low level.
The
The
If the preliminary sensing signal det_pre is continuously enabled at a high level, the sensing signal det is continuously enabled at a high level, and thus the negative voltage VBB level is continuously lowered.
A case in which the negative voltage VBB level is lowered and the divided voltage V_dv becomes lower than the second reference voltage Vref2 will be described.
The first comparison signal com1 remains disabled at a low level, and the second comparison signal com2 is enabled at a high level.
The
When the preliminary sensing signal det_pre is disabled at a low level, the sensing signal det is also disabled at a low level. When the sense signal det is disabled, the oscillator stops generating the oscillator signal and stops the charge pump and pumping operation so that the negative voltage VBB level is no longer lowered.
The negative voltage generation circuit of the semiconductor memory device according to the present invention sets the level of the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage differently, and compares the divided voltage level according to the negative voltage level with the first and second reference voltage levels, respectively. The division voltage level is compared with the first and second reference voltage levels, respectively, to generate a sensing signal according to the voltage level difference of the first and second comparison signals generated. If the first reference voltage level is set higher than the second reference voltage level, the negative voltage generation circuit according to the present invention enables the sense signal and the divided voltage level is higher when the divided voltage level is higher than the first reference voltage level. If it is lower than the second reference voltage level, the sense signal is disabled. In addition, when the divided voltage level is a voltage between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage level, the detection signal is generated according to the voltage level difference between the first and second comparison signals.
The present invention can quickly enable or disable the sense signal when the distribution voltage level is higher than the first reference voltage level or when the distribution voltage level is lower than the second reference voltage level (the distribution voltage level is first and second). The voltage level difference between the first and second comparison signals generated by comparing the reference voltage level with each other is large), and when the divided voltage level is the voltage level between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage level, It may be enabled or disabled slowly (when the voltage level difference between the first and first comparison signals generated by comparing the divided voltage levels with the first and second reference voltage levels, respectively) is small.
As a result, the negative voltage generation circuit of the semiconductor memory device according to the present invention can determine the maximum level and the minimum level of the negative voltage level by setting the levels of the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage differently. It will enable the sense signal sooner than the maximum voltage level and quickly disable the sense signal when the negative voltage level is below the minimum voltage level. Also, when the negative voltage level is between the maximum and minimum levels, the sense signal is slowly enabled or disabled depending on the target level set by the inventor or designer.
The semiconductor memory device according to the present invention not only adjusts the generation speed of the detection signal according to the negative voltage level, but also sets the voltage level applied to the current sink of each comparator, thereby controlling the operation speed of each comparator to sense the detection signal. You can control the rate at which you create them. In addition, the present invention has a structure that prevents current from flowing to the negative voltage terminal, unlike the prior art, the negative voltage level does not increase due to the negative voltage sensing circuit, and detects by comparing the level difference between the distribution voltage and the reference voltage according to the negative voltage level. By generating a signal, the negative voltage level can be detected regardless of changes in process, voltage, or temperature (PVT).
As those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all aspects. Should be. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.
1 is a detailed configuration diagram of a negative voltage sensing circuit of a semiconductor memory device according to the prior art;
2 is a configuration diagram of a negative voltage sensing circuit of a semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the divided voltage generation unit of FIG. 2;
4 is a detailed configuration diagram of the first to third comparison units of FIG. 2.
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