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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sanad Bushnaq, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Shirakawa, Chigasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 8/12 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 8/12 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a first block of memory cells that includes a first word line above a substrate, a second word line above the first word line, and a third word line above the second word line, a first control line electrically connected to the first word line, a second control line electrically connected to the second word and between the first control line and the first block, and a third control line electrically connected to the third word line and between the second control line and the first block.