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Semiconductor memory device with stacked memory cell and method of manufacturing the stacked memory cell

US8179711B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 2008
Grant dateMay 15, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 15, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2213/79
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a semiconductor memory device and method, resistive-change memory cells are provided, each including a plurality of control transistors formed on different layers and variable resistance devices comprising a resistive-change memory. Each resistive-change memory cell includes a plurality of control transistors formed on different layers, and a variable resistance device formed of a resistive-change memory. In one example, the number of the control transistors is two. The semiconductor memory device includes a global bit line; a plurality of local bit lines connected to or disconnected from the global bit line via local bit line selection circuits which correspond to the local bit lines, respectively; and a plurality of resistive-change memory cell groups storing data while being connected to the local bit lines, respectively. Each of the resistive-change memory cells of each of the resistive-change memory cell groups comprises a plurality of control transistors formed on different layers, and a variable resistance device formed of a resistive-change memory. In addition, the semiconductor memory device has a hierarchical bit line structure that uses a global bit line and local bit…

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