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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Kyu-nam Lim, Yongin, KR;
Kyu-hyun Kyung, Yongin, KR;
Inventors:
Kyu-Nam Lim, Yongin, KR;
Kyu-Hyun Kyung, Yongin, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device having a hierarchical structure of data input/output lines and a precharge method thereof. A precharge method in a semiconductor memory device having a hierarchical structure includes precharging the global input/output line pairs with half of a memory cell array voltage, and precharging the local input/output line pairs with the half of the memory cell array voltage.