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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Gou Fukano, Fuchu, JP;
Tomoaki Yabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuaki Otsuka, Komae, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of sub-arrays with a plurality of memory cells arranged in matrix form. Each local bit line is connected to a plurality of memory cells that are arranged in column direction in the sub-arrays. In addition, a global bit line is connected to the plural local bit lines. A column decoder is connected to the global bit line. The global bit line extends from the column decoder toward the plurality of sub-arrays, and it is cut before the furthest sub-array formed in the furthest region from that column decoder.