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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2011
Applicant:
Koji Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/108 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/10814 (2013.01); H01L 27/10823 (2013.01); H01L 27/10897 (2013.01); H01L 27/10894 (2013.01); H01L 27/10888 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region; a bit line extending over the memory cell region and the peripheral circuit region, the bit line including a first portion in the peripheral circuit region; and a sense amplifier in the peripheral circuit region. The sense amplifier includes a transistor having a gate electrode which includes the first portion of the bit line.