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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2015
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device, including a plurality of pairs of bit lines; a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of word lines and the plurality of pairs of bit lines; a plurality of sense amplifiers each coupled between a corresponding pair of bit lines; a plurality of first driver transistors coupled between at least one of the sense amplifiers and a first power supply line; a plurality of second driver transistors coupled between at least two of the sense amplifiers and a second power supply line; a pair of common data lines; a plurality of column selection gates each coupled between a corresponding one of pair of bit lines and a corresponding one of pair of common data lines, and a plurality of mask selection gates each coupled between a corresponding one of pair of bit lines and a corresponding one of column selection gates.