| CPC G11C 16/08 (2013.01) [G11C 16/0433 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |

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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a cell array including memory cells connected to local word lines;
an operation voltage supplying circuit that applies a read voltage or a pass voltage to global word lines; and
a well bias supplying circuit that, during a read operation, applies a well bias having a negative level to a well region of a pass transistor connected to a selected local word line, in a discharge period in which unselected local word lines are discharged,
wherein the well bias supplying circuit applies the well bias having a negative level to the well region in an equalizing period in which a voltage level of the selected local word line and a voltage level of each of the unselected local word lines are equalized.
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