Static-type random-access memory device

Claim 2

A static-type RAM device having static-type memory cells disposed at the intersecting portions of bit line pairs and word lines, operatively connected to a power supply source which supplies a power supply voltage, writing data into a memory cell, a potential level of a memory cell being approximately equal to the potential of the power supply source, said static-type RAM device comprising: bit-line pulling-up means, operatively connected to the bit line pairs, for pulling up the potential of one of the bit lines of a selected bit line pair to a voltage which is approximately greater than or equal to the power supply voltage; and word-line pulling-up means, operatively connected to the word lines, for pulling up the potential of a selected word line to a voltage which is greater than the power supply voltage after the data is written into the memory cell.

Claim 3

A RAM device according to claim 1, further comprising pairs of input terminals and pairs of data buses, the pairs of data buses respectively, operatively connected to the pairs of bit lines and the pairs of input terminals, wherein the memory cells are arranged in columns, wherein said bit-line pulling-up means comprises transfer gates, respectively, operatively connected between the pairs of bit lines and pairs of the data buses, for selecting a column of memory cells, and wherein each of said transfer gates comprising a parallel connection of a P-type MIS transistor and an N-type MIS transistor.

Claim 4

A RAM device according to claim 2, wherein said bit-line pulling-up means further comprises a write-in circuit having pairs of CMIS-type inverters, respectively operatively connected between the pairs of input terminals and pairs of data buses.

Claim 5

A RAM device according to claim 2, wherein said bit-line pulling-up means further comprises a write-in circuit having pairs of inverters, respectively operatively connected between the pairs of input terminals and the pairs of data buses, each of said inverters comprising: an inverter transistor; and a depletion-type load transistor operatively connected to said inverter transistor.

Claim 6

A RAM device according to claim 1, further comprising pairs of data buses and enhancement type transistors, wherein said bit-line pulling-up means comprises pairs of transfer gates, respectively, operatively connected to the pairs of bit lines and the pairs of data buses, for selecting a column of memory cells, and wherein each of said transfer gates comprises a MIS transistor having a smaller threshold voltage than that of other enhancement-type transistors used in the memory device.

Claim 7

A RAM device according to claim 5, further comprising pairs of input terminals, wherein said bit-line pulling-up means further comprises a write-in circuit having pairs of CMIS-type inverters, respectively, operatively connected between the pairs of input terminals and the pairs of data buses.

Claim 8

A RAM device according to claim 5, further comprising pairs of input terminals, wherein said bit-line pulling-up means further comprises a write-in circuit having pairs of inverters, respectively, operatively connected between the pairs of input terminals and the pairs of data buses, and wherein each of said inverters comprises an inverter transistor operatively connected to one of the input terminals and a depletion-type load transistor operatively connected to said inverter transistor.

Claim 9

A RAM device according to claim 1, wherein said bit-line pulling-up means comprises a pair of bit line load transistors, each of which is connected between a bit line and the power supply voltage and each of which is a P-type MIS transistor.

Claim 10

A RAM device according to claim 1, wherein said bit-line pulling-up means comprises pairs of depletion-type MIS bit line load transistors, respectively, operatively connected between the pairs of bit lines and the power supply voltage.

Claim 11

A RAM device according to claim 1, further comprising row address driver circuits, wherein said word-line pulling-up means comprises a high-voltage supplying circuit, operatively connected to the row address driver circuits, for temporarily pulling-up the operating voltage of the row address driver circuits to a potential greater than the power supply voltage supplied to the RAM device after the writing in of data is completed.

Claim 12

A RAM device according to claim 10, wherein said high-voltage supplying circuit is operatively connected to receive a write-enable signal and comprises: a delay circuit having a delay time, operatively connected to receive the write-enable signal, for delaying the write-enable signal; a gate circuit having an output terminal, operatively connected to said delay circuit, for generating an output signal at the output terminal during a time interval corresponding to the delay time of said delay circuit after the write-enable signal has been received; and a clamping circuit, operatively connected to said gate circuit, for generating a voltage higher than the power supply voltage when said gate circuit generates the output signal.

Claim 13

A RAM device according to claim 11, wherein said high-voltage generating circuit further comprises an inverters, operatively connected to said gate circuit and operatively connected to receive the inverted write-enable signal, for inverting the inverted write-enable signal and supplying a non-inverted write-enable signal to said gate circuit.

Claim 14

A RAM device according to claim 12, wherein said write-enable signal delayed by said delay circuit is an inverted write-enable signal and said gate circuit is a NOR gate for receiving the non-inverted write-enable signal supplied by said inverter and the inverted write-enable signal delayed by said delay circuit.

Claim 15

A RAM device according to claim 11, wherein said clamping circuit comprises: a MIS transistor having a drain operatively connected to the power supply voltage of the RAM device, having a source operatively connected to the row address driver circuit and having gate operatively connected to the output terminal of said gate circuit; and a capacitor operatively connected between the gate and source of said MIS transistor.

Claim 16

A static-type RAM device, operatively connected to a power supply source which supplies a power supply voltage, having static-type memory cells disposed at intersections of word lines and bit line pairs, and having data bus pairs intersecting the bit line pairs, for writing data into one of the memory cells, the potential level of a memory cell being approximately equal to the potential of the power supply source, comprising: bit-line pulling-up means, operatively connected to the bit line pairs, for pulling-up the potential of one of the bit lines of the bit-line pairs to a voltage greater than or equal to the power supply voltage, said bit-line pulling-up means comprising: transfer gates, respectively operatively connected to the bit line pairs and between the data bus pairs; a write-in circuit operatively connected to the bit line pairs; and bit line load transistors, respectively, operatively connected to each other; row address driver circuits operatively connected to the word lines; word-line pulling-up means, operatively connected to the word lines, for pulling-up the potential of a selected word line to a voltage greater than or equal to the power supply voltage after data is written into one of the memory cells, comprising: a high-voltage supply circuit, operatively connected to said row address driver circuits, for temporarily pulling-up the operating voltage of said row address driver circuits, to a potential greater than the power supply voltage after data is written into one of the memory cells, said high voltage supply circuit comprising: a clamping circuit operatively connected to said row address driver circuits; a gate circuit operatively connected to said clamping circuit; a delay circuit operatively connected to said gate circuit; and an inverter operatively connected between said delay circuit and said gate circuit.

Claim 17

A static-type RAM device, operatively connected to a power supply source which supplies a power supply voltage, having static-type memory cells disposed at intersections of word lines and bit line pairs, and having data bus pairs intersecting the bit line pairs, for writing data into one of the memory cells, the potential level of a memory cell being approximately equal to the potential of the power supply source, comprising: bit-line pulling-up means, operatively connected to the bit line pairs, for pulling-up the potential of one of the bit lines of the bit-line pairs to a voltage greater than or equal to the power supply voltage, said bit-line pulling-up means comprising: transfer gates, respectively operatively connected to the bit line pairs and between the data bus pairs; a write-in circuit operatively connected to the bit line pairs; and bit line load transistors, respectively, operatively connected to each other; row address driver circuits operatively connected to the word lines; word-line pulling-up means, operatively connected to the word lines, for pulling-up the potential of a selected word line to a voltage greater than or equal to the power supply voltage after data is written into one of the memory cells, comprising: a high-voltage supply circuit, operatively connected to said row address driver circuits, for temporarily pulling-up the operating voltage of said row address driver circuits, to a potential greater than the power supply voltage after data is written into one of the memory cells, said high voltage supply circuit comprising: a clamping circuit operatively connected to said row address driver circuits; a gate circuit operatively connected to said clamping circuit; a delay circuit operatively connected to said gate circuit; and an inverter operatively connected between said delay circuit and said gate circuit.