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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Yue-der Chih, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Te-hsun Hsu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yue-Der Chih, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Te-Hsun Hsu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Taiwan Semicondcutor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
An array of memory cells arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns are provided. The array includes a first program line in a first direction, wherein the first program line is connected to program gates of memory cells in a first row of the array; a first erase line in the first direction, wherein the first erase line is connected to erase gates of the memory cells in the first row of the array; and a first word-line in the first direction, wherein the first word-line is connected to word-line nodes of the memory cells in the first row of the array.