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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1997
Byeng-Sun Choi, Suwon, KR;
Tae-Sung Jung, Seoul, KR;
Myoung-Jae Kim, Suwon, KR;
Seung-Keun Lee, Sungnam-shi, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a nonvolatile memory, compatible with a dynamic random access memory, including a memory array divided into a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks being divided into a plurality of sub-blocks, reading and writing row decoders for selecting rows of the memory array, and reading and writing gate drive circuits for selecting a plurality of drive lines which supply source voltages to the rows of the memory array, wherein the memory array employs a plurality of section decoders which are arranged between the sub-blocks, each of the section decoders being assigned to a half of the rows belong to the sub-block and connecting the drive lines to the rows.