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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:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Soo-Hwan Choi, Suwon, KR;
Young-Ho Lim, Suwon, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365210 ; 36518511 ; 3651852 ; 36518521 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell blocks having a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of sense amplifiers coupled to the memory cell blocks, and a reference block for generating a reference value and for providing the reference value to the sense amplifiers. Each memory cell block is coupled to at least one of the sense amplifiers. The reference block includes a reference cell for holding a predetermined reference value and a current circuit responsive to a state of the reference cell.