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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2017
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Kouno, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a first select line and a second select line. A first memory element among a plurality of memory elements has a first top electrode and a first bottom electrode. The first top electrode is connected to the first select line and the first bottom electrode is connected to the second select line. A second memory element among the plurality of memory elements, which is disposed adjacent to the first memory element, has a second top electrode and a second bottom electrode. The second top electrode is connected to the first select line, and the second bottom electrode is connected to the first select line without passing a resistive element of a memory element other than the second memory element.