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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kiyoshi Nishimura, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365145 ; 365149 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device has a plurality of memory cells, each having a ferroelectric memory capacitor, arranged in a matrix formation in rows and columns. A read-out device is associated with each row for reading out data stored in a selected one of the memory cells in the row based on voltages generated by the ferroelectric capacitor belonging to that selected memory cell and a plurality of divided ferroelectric capacitors which are distributed in the direction of the rows such that piezoelectric effects on the ferroelectric capacitors will be diminished.