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Semiconductor memory device

US5615163A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 1996
Grant dateMar 25, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/08
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An NAND cell type EEPROM comprising a memory cell array wherein an NAND cell unit having a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells is connected in series, and the NAND cell is formed on a semiconductor substrate in a matrix array, a plurality of control gate lines CG each provided to cross an NAND cell group of the same row, bit lines BL each provided to cross the NAND cell group of the same column, wherein driver circuit are provided at both sides of the memory cell array in a ratio of one to two NAND cell units so as to drive the control gate lines CG, the plurality of the control gate lines CG, provided to cross the NAND cell unit of the even row, is connected to the left driver circuit, and the plurality of the control gate lines CG, provided to cross the NAND cell unit of the odd row, is connected to the right driver circuit.

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