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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Tomoko Nobutoki, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoko Nobutoki, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Elpida Memory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a semiconductor memory device which includes a shared sense amplifier portion, a pair of memory cell portions disposed on opposite sides of the shared sense amplifier portion, a pair of transfer gates between the pair of memory cell portions and the shared sense amplifier portion, and bit lines constituting a plurality of bit line pairs and connecting the pair of memory cell portions to each other through the pair of transfer gates and the shared sense amplifier portion, the bit lines in a bit line pair of the plurality of bit line pairs are twisted at a substantial center between the pair of transfer gates on the opposite sides.