Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer, a contact plug, a memory trench extending between the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer. The memory trench is formed around the contact plug, and surrounds a first area in which the contact plug is disposed. A second area is separated from the first area and includes a pillar penetrating the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer extends between the first and second areas, and is connected to the first conductive layer. The third conductive layer is on the opposite side of the first area to the second area, and is connected to the first conductive layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first semiconductor layer including first to third portions which are arranged along a first direction and differ in position from one another in a second direction; a conductive layer including a fourth portion extending in the second direction and a fifth portion extending in the first direction; a first insulating layer between the fourth portion and the first semiconductor layer and between the fifth portion and the first semiconductor layer; a first contact plug coupled to the fourth portion; a second contact plug coupled to the first semiconductor layer in a region where the first insulating layer is formed; a first interconnect; and a first memory cell apart from the fifth portion in the first direction and storing information between the semiconductor layer and the first interconnect.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrode films, a semiconductor member, a tunneling insulating film, a charge storage member, and a blocking insulating film. The plurality of electrode films are arranged to be separated from each other along a first direction. The semiconductor member extends in the first direction. The tunneling insulating film is provided between the semiconductor member and the electrode films. The charge storage member is provided between the tunneling insulating film and the electrode films. The blocking insulating film is provided between the charge storage member and the electrode films. The blocking insulating film includes a first film contacting the charge storage film and including carbon-containing silicon oxide, and a second film contacting the electrode films and including hafnium oxide or aluminum oxide.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a conductive layer including a first portion and a second portion electrically coupled to the first portion; a first contact plug electrically coupled to the first portion; a first semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer between the second portion and the first semiconductor layer, and between the first portion and the first semiconductor layer; a second contact plug coupled to the first semiconductor layer in a region in which the first insulating layer is formed; a first interconnect; and a first memory cell apart from the second portion in the second direction and storing information between the first semiconductor layer and the first interconnect.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrode films and a plurality of first insulating films stacked alternately along a first direction, a semiconductor member extending in the first direction, a charge storage member provided between the semiconductor member and the electrode films, and a second insulating film provided between the charge storage member and the electrode films. At least one of the plurality of first insulating films includes one or more types of a first material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, hafnium oxide, silicon oxynitride, and aluminum oxide.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first structure bodies and second structure bodies arranged alternately along a first direction. The first structure body includes electrode films arranged along a second direction. The second structure body includes columnar members, first insulating members, and second insulating members. The columnar member includes a semiconductor member extending in the second direction and a charge storage member provided between the semiconductor member and the electrode film. The second insulating members are arranged along a third direction. Lengths in the first direction of the second insulating members are longer than lengths in the first direction of the first insulating members. Positions of the second insulating members in the third direction are different from each other between the second structure bodies adjacent to each other in the first direction. The columnar members and the first insulating members are arranged alternately between the second insulating members.

Abstract: A data latch circuit includes a first n-channel transistor and a first p-channel transistor. A gate of the first n-channel transistor and a gate of the first p-channel transistor are a common gate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: first and second signal lines; a first memory cell storing first information by applying voltage across the first signal line and a first interconnect layer; a second memory cell storing second information by applying voltage across the second signal line and a second interconnect layer; a first conductive layer provided on the first and second signal lines; third and fourth signal lines provided on the first conductive layer; a third memory cell storing third information by applying voltage across the third signal line and a third interconnect layer; and a fourth memory cell storing fourth information by applying voltage across the fourth signal line and a fourth interconnect layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrode films and a plurality of first insulating films stacked alternately along a first direction, a semiconductor member extending in the first direction, a charge storage member provided between the semiconductor member and the electrode films, and a second insulating film provided between the charge storage member and the electrode films. At least one of the plurality of first insulating films includes one or more types of a first material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, hafnium oxide, silicon oxynitride, and aluminum oxide.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrode films, a semiconductor member, a tunneling insulating film, a charge storage member, and a blocking insulating film. The plurality of electrode films are arranged to be separated from each other along a first direction. The semiconductor member extends in the first direction. The tunneling insulating film is provided between the semiconductor member and the electrode films. The charge storage member is provided between the tunneling insulating film and the electrode films. The blocking insulating film is provided between the charge storage member and the electrode films. The blocking insulating film includes a first film contacting the charge storage film and including carbon-containing silicon oxide, and a second film contacting the electrode films and including hafnium oxide or aluminum oxide.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a resistance change memory includes a semiconductor substrate, a transistor having a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, the transistor provided on the semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer covering the transistor, a first conductive line connected to the first terminal and provided on the insulating layer, a second conductive line provided on the insulating layer, and a resistance change element connected between the second terminal and the second conductive line. The first conductive line has a width greater than a width of the second conductive line in a direction in which the first and second conductive lines are arranged.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive memory device includes a substrate having a first surface which includes a first direction; and memory elements each having a switchable resistance. A first column of memory elements lined up along the first direction is different from an adjacent second column of memory elements lined up along the first direction at positions of memory elements in the first direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises: first to fourth memory cells, each of which is configured to have a first resistance state or a second resistance state; and a first circuit configured to output first data based on a first signal representing a resistance state of the first memory cell and a second signal representing a resistance state of the second memory cell, output second data based on the second signal and a third signal representing a resistance state of the third memory cell, and output third data based on the third signal and a fourth signal representing a resistance state of the fourth memory cell.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a resistance change memory includes a semiconductor substrate, a transistor having a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, the transistor provided on the semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer covering the transistor, a first conductive line connected to the first terminal and provided on the insulating layer, a second conductive line provided on the insulating layer, and a resistance change element connected between the second terminal and the second conductive line. The first conductive line has a width greater than a width of the second conductive line in a direction in which the first and second conductive lines are arranged.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive memory device includes a variable resistance element and a read circuit. The resistance element has a resistance state, which is one of switchable first and second resistance states. The first and second resistance states exhibit different resistances. Each of the first and second resistance states is reached by a current flowing through the variable resistance element in one of opposing first and second directions. The read circuit passes a read current through the variable resistance element autonomously in the first or second direction in accordance with the resistance state of the variable resistance element.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises: first to fourth memory cells, each of which is configured to have a first resistance state or a second resistance state; and a first circuit configured to output first data based on a first signal representing a resistance state of the first memory cell and a second signal representing a resistance state of the second memory cell, output second data based on the second signal and a third signal representing a resistance state of the third memory cell, and output third data based on the third signal and a fourth signal representing a resistance state of the fourth memory cell.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a magnetic storage device includes a semiconductor region including a trench; a gate electrode disposed in the trench; an insulation film covering the gate electrode and provided in a manner to fill the trench; and a magnetoresistive effect element including at least a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer provided between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer, the non-magnetic layer in a side surface of the magnetoresistive effect element including the non-magnetic layer being provided on a top surface of the insulation film.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a logical operation circuit includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element and driver. The MTJ element includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and an intermediate layer between the first and second magnetic layers. An orientation of magnetization of the second magnetic layer flips by a first current which flows through the MTJ element in a first state from the second magnetic layer to the first magnetic layer. The driver is coupled to the first magnetic layer without a magnetic layer interposed and coupled to the second magnetic layer, and passes a second current through the MTJ element in the first state from the second magnetic layer to the first magnetic layer. A magnitude of the second current is larger than 1.5 times a magnitude of the first current.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a spin transfer torque magnetoresistive element including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, a temperature detecting unit detecting an ambient temperature of the magnetoresistive element, and a write voltage generating unit generating a write voltage for the magnetoresistive element in accordance with the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a magnetic storage device includes a semiconductor region including a trench; a gate electrode disposed in the trench; an insulation film covering the gate electrode and provided in a manner to fill the trench; and a magnetoresistive effect element including at least a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer provided between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer, the non-magnetic layer in a side surface of the magnetoresistive effect element including the non-magnetic layer being provided on a top surface of the insulation film.