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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2006
Seouk-kyu Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woo-pyo Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Seouk-Kyu Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woo-Pyo Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A memory device includes a first sensing amplifier to amplify data received from the memory array, a first driver to generate a first tri-state signal responsive to the amplified data from an first sense amplifier and to provide the first tri-state signal to a data bus line, a second sensing amplifier to amplify data received from the memory array, and a second driver to generate a second tri-state signal responsive to the amplified data from an second sense amplifier and to provide the second tri-state signal to the data bus line, where the first sensing amplifier and the first driver are located in different regions of the device, and the second sensing amplifier and the second driver are located in a common region of the device.