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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Applicant:
Byung-gil Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventor:
Byung-Gil Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of memory banks, each including a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, write global bit lines shared by the plurality of memory banks, read global bit lines shared by the plurality of memory banks, and a dummy global bit line arranged between the write global bit lines and the read global bit lines, wherein the dummy global bit line is configured and operable to reduce noise affecting a write bit line involved in a write operation or noise affecting a read global bit line involved in a read operation.