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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sang-Seok Kang, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Yun-Sang Lee, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Jong-Hyun Choi, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Jae-Hoon Joo, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Hwasung, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes first and second isolation transistors for electrically connecting/isolating a pair of bitlines to/from a sense amplifier circuit, and a MOS transistor having a source region that is shared with one of sources of the first and second isolation transistors. The MOS transistor may be used as a bitline boosting capacitor.