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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1336 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1336 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device having a memory array that includes a plurality of substantially parallel word lines, a plurality of substantially parallel bit lines, wherein each of the plurality of the word lines is substantially perpendicular to each of the plurality of the bit lines, a first dummy word line disposed at a periphery of the memory array, wherein the first dummy word line is substantially parallel to the plurality of word lines and overlaps at least two non-adjacent bit lines.