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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Dong-ho Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Myong-jae Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Dong-Ho Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Myong-Jae Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flash memory device is disclosed that includes a control circuit for generating a count-up pulse signal notifying a generation of an address required for a burst read operation. An address generator circuit generates an address in response to the count-up pulse signal, and a discharge circuit discharges global bit lines in response to the count-up pulse signal. According to this control scheme, the global bit lines may be discharged before the local and global bit lines are selected.