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Semiconductor device with a metal layer for supplying a predetermined potential to a memory cell section

US5933364A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 1999
Grant dateAug 3, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C5/063
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor chip; and memory and logic sections formed on the semiconductor chip. The memory section includes: an array of memory cells; a sense amplifier circuit; and memory interconnects respectively provided in a number n (where n is a positive integer) of interconnect layers. The logic section includes logic circuits having logic interconnects respectively provided in a number n+m (where m is a positive integer) of interconnect layers. A metal layer is formed in one of (n+1)th to (n+m)th interconnect layers, covers the array of memory cells and supplies a predetermined potential to the memory section.

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