US5072425A
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Semiconductor memory device for decreasing occupancy area by providing sense amplifier driving lines over sense amplifiers and memory cells
Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd
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Filing: 1990-06-13
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Granted: 1991-12-10
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Expires: 2010-06-13
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor memory device comprises first sense amplifier driving lines and second sense amplifier driving lines, the first sense amplifier driving lines are formed in a first wiring layer along the word line direction, and the second sense amplifier driving lines are formed in a second wiring layer along the bit line direction. Therefore, a current flowing in the each of the first sense amplifier driving lines becomes small, and the width of the first sense amplifier driving lines becomes small, so that occupancy area of the semiconductor memory device can be decreased and a large scale integration can be realized.
Inventors
- 👤 Tohru Kohno
- 👤 Taiji Ema
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 20:38
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C11/00; G11C11/21; G11C11/34; G11C11/40; G11C11/401; G11C11/4063; G11C11/407; G11C11/409; G11C11/4091; G11C7/00; G11C7/06; G11C7/065; H; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H10W20/41; H10W20/43
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A semiconductor memory device comprising: a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines formed crossing said word lines; a plurality of memory cells, each connected between said one word line and said one bit line; a plurality of sense amplifiers, arranged along the word line direction; a first power supply line; a second power supply line; a plurality of first sense amplifier driving lines, connected to said sense amplifiers and formed in a first wiring layer; and a plurality of second sense amplifier driving lines, each connected between said corresponding first sense amplifier driving line and one of said first and second power supply lines, and formed in a second wiring layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A semiconductor memory device comprising: a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines formed crossing said word lines; a plurality of memory cells, each connected between said one word line and said one bit line; a plurality of sense amplifiers, arranged along the word line direction; a first power supply line; a second power supply line; a plurality of first sense amplifier driving lines, connected to said sense amplifiers and formed in a first wiring layer; and a plurality of second sense amplifier driving lines, each connected between said corresponding first sense amplifier driving line and one of said first and second power supply lines, and formed in a second wiring layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first sense amplifier driving lines are formed along the word line direction, and said second sense amplifier driving lines are formed along the bit line direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first sense amplifier driving lines are connected to said first and second power supply line at a plurality of portions through a plurality of said second sense amplifier driving lines.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sense amplifiers and said memory cells are divided into a plurality of blocks.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of said second sense amplifier driving lines are connected to one of said first and second power supply lines through a gate transistor, so that one of said divided blocks is selected.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said sense amplifiers are arranged as a sense amplifier line of a line-shape along the word line direction, and said memory cells are divided into two groups provided for both sides of said sense amplifier line, in each of said blocks.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of said blocks is divided into a plurality of units.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
64 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of said first sense amplifier driving lines is divided into a plurality of first unit sense amplifier driving lines corresponding to said units, each of said second sense amplifier driving lines is divided into a plurality of second unit sense amplifier driving lines connected to said corresponding first unit sense amplifier driving lines.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of said second unit sense amplifier driving lines is connected to said first and second power supply lines through a gate transistor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
57 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said gate transistors connected to said corresponding second unit sense amplifier driving lines in the same divided block are controlled by the same control signal, so that one of said divided blocks is selected and the units in said selected block are selected at the same timing.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
80 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said gate transistors connected to said corresponding second unit sense amplifier driving lines in the same divided block are controlled by one read out signal and the other refresh signals, so that one unit including a memory cell for reading out in a selected block is read out at high speed and the other units in said selected block are only refreshed at different timing than the read out operation.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 11, wherein a voltage value of said read out signal is higher than that of said refresh signal, so that said read-out operation unit is speedily driven and said refresh operation unit are slowly driven.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
39 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said semiconductor memory device further comprises data bus lines and a data latch circuit, said data bus lines are connected between said sense amplifiers and said data latch circuit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
65 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said data bus lines comprise first data bus lines connected to said sense amplifiers and formed in said first wiring layer along the word line direction, and second data bus lines connected between said corresponding first bus lines and said data latch circuit and formed in said second wiring layer along the bit line direction.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
60 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said second data bus lines are connected to a plurality of said first data bus lines and said data latch circuit through gate transistors, said gate transistors are controlled by a selector, so that one of said first data bus lines is selected and connected to said data latch circuit.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
86 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said first data bus lines are divided into a plurality of group bus lines, said second data bus lines and said data latch circuit are provided in accordance with the divided group bus lines, and said second data bus lines are connected to said corresponding group bus lines and said data latch circuit through a switching circuit, so that each one of said group bus lines is selected and connected to said each data latch circuit.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said semiconductor memory device comprises further signal lines formed in said first wiring layer and said second wiring layer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
52 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second sense amplifier driving lines are formed between a memory cell portion and a peripheral circuit portion, and said second sense amplifier driving lines are connected to said one of said first and second power supply lines through a connection conductor.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
24 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said memory cell comprises a stacked capacitor and a memory cell transistor.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
47 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first wiring layer and said second wiring layer provided above said memory cells and said sense amplifiers are used to form data bus lines, sense amplifier driving lines, the other signal lines, and power supply lines.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
98 words
A semiconductor memory device comprising: a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines formed crossing said word lines; a plurality of memory cells, each connected between said one word line and said one bit line; a plurality of sense amplifiers, each connected to a pair of said bit lines; a first power supply line; a second power supply line; and a pair of sense amplifier driving layers, connected between said first and second power supply lines and each of said sense amplifiers, and formed in a wiring layer over said memory cells and said sense amplifiers.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
98 words
A semiconductor memory device comprising: a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines formed crossing said word lines; a plurality of memory cells, each connected between said one word line and said one bit line; a plurality of sense amplifiers, each connected to a pair of said bit lines; a first power supply line; a second power supply line; and a pair of sense amplifier driving layers, connected between said first and second power supply lines and each of said sense amplifiers, and formed in a wiring layer over said memory cells and said sense amplifiers.
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