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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Tom D. Yiu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ful L. NI, Hsinchu, TW;
Tom D. Yiu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ful L. Ni, Hsinchu, TW;
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A hybrid memory cell array including a preferable arrangement of a row decoder is proposed, and in the same manner of addressing a memory cell in the memory array a high access speed of the memory cell and high integration layout of a memory chip can be achieved. A hybrid memory cell includes a plurality of memory cells that each includes an electronic circuit to store binary logic values, a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, a row decoder arranged in the memory cell array to enable the plurality of word lines and select a memory cell on a same word line, and a column decoder arranged outside the memory cell array to enable the plurality of bit lines and select a memory cell on a same bit line.