According to the invention, mounting area is decreased and yield is
improved by decreasing the number of elements, and a memory with less
burden on peripheral circuitry and a driving method thereof are provided.
The invention comprises a memory cell including a memory element in a
region where a bit line and a word line cross with an insulator
interposed between them, a column decoder, and a selector including a
clocked inverter. An input node of the clocked inverter is connected to
the bit line while an output node is connected to a data line. Among a
plurality of transistors connected in series which form the clocked
inverter, a gate of a P-type transistor of which source or drain is
connected to a power source on the high potential side VDD and a gate of
an N-type transistor of which source or drain is connected to a power
source on the low potential side VSS are connected to the column decoder.