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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Fuh-Cheng Jong, Tainan, TW;
Kent Kuohua Chang, Taipei, TW;
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
The mask ROM of the present is comprises by a plurality of word lines arranged in a grid, a plurality of memory units arranged between the word lines, each memory unit having a drain corresponding, a plurality of first bit lines arranged in parallel and extending in a direction diagonal to the word lines and above the drains, a plurality of second bit lines arranged in parallel and extending in a direction diagonal to the word lines and above the drains, a plurality of first nodes alternately arranged on the first bit lines, a plurality of second nodes alternately arranged on the second bit lines and the second nodes and the first nodes are arranged alternately; a plurality of third bit lines joined to the first bit lines, and a plurality of fourth bit lines joined to the second bit lines.