US 12,237,005 B2
Nonvolatile memory devices that support enhanced power saving during standby modes
Artur Antonyan, Seoul (KR); and Ji Eun Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,574.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0168727 (KR), filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0170014 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 11/4096 (2013.01) [G11C 11/4087 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising:
a memory cell array having nonvolatile memory cells therein, which are electrically connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines;
a write driver electrically connected to the plurality of bit lines;
a row decoder electrically connected to the plurality of word lines; and
control logic configured to transfer a first voltage to the write driver and a second voltage to the row decoder, said control logic including: (i) a normal standby mode circuit configured to operate in a normal standby mode, and (ii) a deep standby mode circuit configured to operate in a deep standby mode; and
wherein layout areas of a plurality of elements within the deep standby mode circuit are smaller than layout areas of elements within the normal standby mode circuit, so that current flowing within the deep standby mode circuit during the deep standby mode is less than current flowing within the normal standby mode circuit during the normal standby mode.