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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electric, Co, Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523003 ; 365226 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device comprising a memory cell array including at least two banks and a desired number of voltage pumping circuits each for pumping an input voltage to a desired level. The voltage pumping circuits are driven in response to at least two bank selection control signals. The voltage pumping circuits are arranged in the semiconductor memory device in a proper manner to efficiently perform the voltage pumping operation, so as to increase the pumping efficiency. Further, the proper arrangement of the voltage pumping circuits contributes to the integration of the semiconductor memory device.