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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2005
Hideaki Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiko Hagihara, Tokyo, JP;
Muneo Fukaishi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kayoko Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiko Hagihara, Tokyo, JP;
Muneo Fukaishi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kayoko Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Elpida Memory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device having the object of decreasing the interconnection capacitance that necessitates electrical charge and discharge during data transfer and thus decreasing power consumption is provided with: a plurality of memory cell array chips, in which sub-banks that are the divisions of bank memory are organized and arranged to correspond to input/output bits, are stacked on a first semiconductor chip; and interchip interconnections for connecting the memory cell arrays such that corresponding input/output bits of the sub-banks are the same, these interchip interconnections being provided in a number corresponding to the number of input/output bits and passing through the memory cell array chips in the direction of stacking.