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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Sanad Bushnaq, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Akamine, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Shirakawa, Chigasaki Kanagawa, JP;
TOSHIBA MEMEORY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes: a first memory unit including first to fourth memory cells; a second memory unit including fifth to eighth memory cells; a first word line coupled to gates of the first and fifth memory cells; a second word line coupled to gates of the second and sixth memory cells; a third word line coupled to gates of the third and seventh memory cells; and a fourth word line coupled to gates of the fourth and eighth memory cells. In a write operation, writes to the fourth memory cell, the first memory cell, the eighth memory cell, and the fifth memory cell are executed in order.