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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Jong-hyun Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-sun Min, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Jong-Hyun Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-Sun Min, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor memory includes a memory cell array, a sense amplifier, an isolation device interposed between the sense amplifier and a bit line of the memory cell array, and circuitry for transferring a charge contained in a memory cell of memory cell array to the bit line while the isolation device electrically isolates the bit line from the sense amplifier, and, after the charge is transferred to the bit line, for causing the isolation device to electrically connect the bit line to the sense amplifier.