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Semiconductor memory device having improved voltage transmission path and driving method thereof

US7663903B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2007
Grant dateFeb 16, 2010
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/00014
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are a semiconductor memory device and a method of driving the device which can improve a noise characteristic of a voltage signal supplied to a memory cell of the device. The semiconductor memory device includes a first semiconductor chip and one or more second semiconductor chips stacked on the first chip. The first chip includes an input/output circuit for sending/receiving a voltage signal, a data signal, and a control signal to/from an outside system. The one or more second semiconductor chips each include a memory cell region for storing data. The second semiconductor chips receive at least one signal through one or more signal paths that are formed outside the input/output circuit of the first chip.

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