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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1999
Yong-Seok Seo, Seoul, KR;
Byeng-Sun Choi, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A memory comprising a plurality of memory blocks having a plurality of memory cells and wordlines, each of the memory blocks having selection lines by which the memory blocks are selected. The selection lines are shared between neighboring blocks. In addition, a wordline switching circuit is coupled between conductors carrying wordline drive signals and the wordlines, and a block selection line circuit is coupled between conductors carrying the block selection lines signals and the block selection lines. A selection control circuit supplies selection control signals to the wordline switching circuit and the block selection line switching circuit. The selection control circuit generates the selection control signals in response to address informing signals. The selection lines are coupled to discharge circuits, which pull down voltage levels of selection lines that are not selected.