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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Doo-gon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Duk-ha Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Myoung-gon Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having first and second blocks, respectively including first and second memory cells with floating bodies. The first memory cell is connected between a first bit line and a source line, and the second memory cell is connected between a second bit line and the source line. A sense amplifier equalizes the sense bit line and the inverted sense bit line to be an equalization voltage during an equalization operation, pre-charges the sense bit line and the inverted sense bit line to first and second pre-charge voltages during a pre-charge operation, and amplifies a voltage difference between the sense bit line and the inverted sense bit line during read and write operations. The first pre-charge voltage is higher than the equalization voltage and the second pre-charge voltage is higher than the equalization voltage and lower than the first pre-charge voltage.