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US 2010/0140666 A1Published application
Semiconductor devices having L-shaped cell blocks
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHongSik Yoon
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Abstract
Semiconductor devices are provided including a plurality of L-shaped cell blocks each including,a cell array and a plurality of decoders disposed in horizontal and vertical directions of the cell array. The plurality of L-shaped cell blocks are oriented in a diagonal direction intersecting the horizontal and vertical directions. Related methods are also provided herein.
Claims13
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a plurality of L-shaped cell blocks each including a cell array and a plurality of decoders disposed in horizontal and vertical directions of the cell array,
- wherein the plurality of L-shaped cell blocks are oriented in a diagonal direction intersecting the horizontal and vertical directions.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a plurality of memory cell blocks each having a memory cell array where a plurality of memory cells are arrayed and row and column decoders for accessing the memory cells,
- wherein the row and column decoders are disposed in horizontal and vertical directions of the memory cell array so that the plurality of memory cell blocks forms an L shape;
- and
- wherein any one of the plurality of L-shaped memory cell blocks comes in contact with the row and column decoders of another L-shaped memory cell block.
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