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Semiconductor memory device

US7561459B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 2007
Grant dateJul 14, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/22
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure concerns a semiconductor memory device including a ferroelectric capacitor; a cell transistor having a source connected to a first electrode of the ferroelectric capacitor; bit lines; word lines; n plate lines corresponding to n column blocks and connected to a second electrodes of the ferroelectric capacitors in the corresponding column blocks, respectively, the n column blocks being obtained by dividing the cell array into the n column blocks for every set of m columns, where n≧2 and m≧2; a plurality of reset transistors connected between the bit lines and the n plate lines; and m reset lines corresponding to the m columns within the column blocks and connected to gates of n reset transistors of the reset transistors, the n reset transistors being respectively provided in n columns respectively included in the n column blocks.

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