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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1995
Pierre H Woerlee, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelis M Hart, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a semiconductor memory with a semiconductor body which is provided at a surface with a system of memory elements arranged in rows and columns. For addressing, the surface is provided with a system of mutually adjacent parallel selection lines 4, each coupled at one end to a selection transistor 19 with which the connection between the selection line and peripheral electronics can be opened or closed. These transistors are thin-film transistors which are formed, for example, in the selection lines themselves. As a result of this, the selection lines, and thus also the memory elements in the matrix, can be provided with minimum pitch.