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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/18 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 11/4097 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4097 (2013.01); G11C 7/18 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a bank connected to a plurality of wordlines, a first global input and output (GIO) line, and a second GIO line formed to have a larger length than the first GIO line in a column direction. One of the first GIO line and the second GIO line may be allocated for metadata.