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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2005
Applicants:

Masahiro Kamoshida, Yokohama, JP;

Akira Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masahiro Kamoshida, Yokohama, JP;

Akira Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, a memory cell array, word lines, a row decoder, first metal wiring layers, and metal wiring lines. The memory cell includes a first MOS transistor having a charge accumulation layer and a control gate. Each word line is formed by connecting commonly the control gates in a same row. The row decoder selects any one of the word lines. The first metal wiring layers are provided for the word lines in a one-to-one correspondence. The first metal wiring layers are electrically connected to the corresponding ones of the word lines and transmit a first row select signal for the row decoder to select one of the word lines. The metal wiring lines are formed at a plurality of levels. The first metal wiring layers are made of the metal wiring lines located at the level of the lowest layer.


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