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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation, Tenri, JP;
Tohoku University, Sendai, JP;
Yoshihisa Sekiguchi, Fukuyama, JP;
Tetsuo Endoh, Sendai, JP;
Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation, Tenri, JP;
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, Sendai, JP;
Abstract
A memory device includes: a cell array that includes a first region including first memory cells and a second region including second memory cells; first word lines connected to each of the first memory cells; second word lines connected to each of the second memory cells; a first bit line commonly connected to the first memory cells and the second memory cells; a row decoder that selects one of the first word lines and one of the second word lines in parallel during a data read operation; and a sense amplifier between the first region and the second region and electrically connected to the first bit line during the data read operation.