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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Inaba, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1673 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell, a bit line connected to the memory cell, a sense circuit which senses data of the memory cell based on second current that flows through the memory cell and first current, a first transistor of a first conductivity type, which is connected to the bit line and through which the second current flows, and a second transistor of the first conductivity type, through which the first current flows.