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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2010
Hyoung-seub Rhie, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Suk-joo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyoung-Seub Rhie, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Suk-Joo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A memory device includes a plurality of memory bit lines connected to a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of reference bit lines connected to a plurality of reference cells and a reference bit line selection circuit. The memory bit lines has a first pattern and a second pattern, and the first pattern has a first critical dimension (CD) distribution, and the second pattern has a second CD distribution. The reference bit lines have the first pattern and the second pattern. The reference bit line selection circuit provides a reference signal by selecting a reference bit line having a same pattern as a selected memory bit line connected to a memory cell to be read.