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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:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyungki-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523003 ; 365 63 ; 365103 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory includes a plurality of main bit lines led to sense amplifiers and arranged in a row, direction, a first group of sub bit lines interposed between the memory banks and connected to the main bit lines through a first group of selection transistors, and a second group of sub bit lines interposed between the memory banks and the first group of sub bit lines and connected to a common ground line through a second group of selection transistors.