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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2002
Hiroaki Tanizaki, Hyogo, JP;
Shigeki Tomishima, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsutaka Niiro, Hyogo, JP;
Masanao Maruta, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Kato, Hyogo, JP;
Masatoshi Ishikawa, Hyogo, JP;
Takaharu Tsuji, Hyogo, JP;
Hideto Hidaka, Hyogo, JP;
Tsukasa Ooishi, Hyogo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
First and second memory banks are provided with M memory blocks each having first and second memory regions, M representing an even number of no less than two, and (M+1) sense amplifier bands arranged on opposite sides of each memory block, and have first and second select lines arranged therefor to select the first and second memory regions, respectively, the first select line being connected to an odd-numbered sense amplifier band of the first memory bank and an even-numbered sense amplifier band of the second memory bank, the second select line being connected to an even-numbered sense amplifier band of the first memory bank and an odd-numbered sense amplifier band of the second memory bank.