A Crossing Charge Recycle Refresh Scheme with a Separated Driver Sense-Amplifier for Gb DRAMs

Isao NARITAKE  Tadahiko SUGIBAYASHI  Satoshi UTSUGI  Tatsunori MUROTANI  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E79-C   No.6   pp.787-791
Publication Date: 1996/06/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on ULSI Memory Technology)
Category: Dynamic RAMs
Keyword: 
memory,  DRAM,  hierarchical bit-line,  refresh,  

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Summary: 
A crossing charge recycle refresh(CCRR) scheme and a serial charge recycle refresh(SCRR) scheme are proposed for the large capacity DRAMs with hierarchical bit-line architecture to reduce main bit-line charging current. A separated driver sense-amplifier(SDSA) circuit is essential to realize this scheme because it features 11 times shorter charge transfer period than that of conventional sense-amplifiers. These circuits are applied to an experimental 1-Gb DRAM, which achieves reduction of main bit-line charging current to 37.5%.