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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Masaru Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masaru Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Spansion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: groups of memory cells that are connected to word lines; and select gates that are controlled by control word lines and are connected to the groups of memory cells, each of the select gates being capable of storing protection information for a respective one of the groups of memory cells.