Fish & Richardson P.C.
Semiconductor device
An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure, which can hold stored data even when power is not supplied and which has an unlimited number of write cycles. The semiconductor device is formed using a memory cell including a wide band gap semiconductor such as an oxide semiconductor. The semiconductor device includes a potential change circuit having a function of outputting a potential lower than a reference potential for reading data from the memory cell. When the wide band gap semiconductor which allows a sufficient reduction in off-state current of a transistor included in the memory cell is used, a semiconductor device which can hold data for a long period can be provided.
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Kiyoshi Takanori Hiroki Shuhei
Kato Matsuzaki Inoue Nagatsuka