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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Joon-min Park, Seoul, KR;
Young-kug Moon, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-seok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A phase-change random access memory (PRAM) device includes a PRAM cell array including a first sector and a second sector, a first global bit line coupled to a first local bit line of the first sector and a first local bit line of the second sector, and a first plurality of global bit line discharge units coupled to the first global bit line, the first plurality of global bit line discharge units configured to discharge the first global bit line in response to a first global discharge signal.