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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2005
Tomoki Higashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ohsawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoki Higashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ohsawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor storage device comprises information memory cells into which data can be written or from which data can be read; a memory cell array including the information memory cells arranged in a matrix; information word lines connected to the information memory cells in rows of the memory cell array; information bit lines connected to the information memory cells in columns of the memory cell array; a reference memory cell storing a single kind of digital data to generate a reference potential used to discriminate data stored in the information memory cells; a reference bit line connected to the reference memory cell; and sense amplifiers connected to the information bit lines and the reference bit line.