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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2000
Kazuo Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device having a plurality of cell arrays and one reference cell array according to the present invention includes a first current-to-voltage converting means that converts a cell current input from a cell array into a main cell voltage, a second current-to-voltage converting means that converts a reference cell current input from the reference cell array into a reference cell voltage, a global bit line that connects the first current-to-voltage converting means and the plurality of cell arrays, and a dummy global bit line that connects the second current-to-voltage converting means and the reference cell array, wherein the impedance of the global bit line is equal to the impedance of the dummy global bit line.