Semiconductor memory device and write/readout controlling method error correction code decoding device

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately wherein, of respective longitudinal ends of the paired electrically conductive regions of the set of sub bit lines, the ends lying on the side of the selection transistor associated with the set of sub bit lines (referred to as one side ends) are interconnected via a wiring arranged on an upper layer on the substrate.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, wherein the paired electrically conductive regions forming the set of the sub bit lines are split in a plurality of stages and provided between one side of the memory cell array and the side thereof opposite to the one side;
• a wiring formed on an upper layer on the substrate in association with the set of the sub bit lines, said wiring extending across a plurality of stages of the paired electrically conductive regions, from one side connected to the selection transistor associated with the set of the sub bit lines to the opposite side;
• the wiring lying extending across a plurality of stages of the paired electrically conductive regions being connected to the wiring interconnecting the electrically conductive regions of the respective stages.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, wherein, of respective longitudinal ends of the paired electrically conductive regions of the set of sub bit lines, the ends lying on the side of the selection transistor associated with the set of sub bit lines (referred to as one side ends) are interconnected via a first wiring arranged on an upper layer on the substrate, and wherein
• the ends longitudinally opposite to the one lateral side end, are interconnected by a second wiring arranged on an upper layer on the substrate;
• and
• the first wiring and the second wiring are interconnected via a third wiring arranged on an upper layer on the substrate.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, wherein, of respective longitudinal ends of the paired electrically conductive regions of the set of sub bit lines, the ends lying on the side of the selection transistor associated with the set of sub bit lines (referred to as one side ends) are interconnected via a first wiring arranged on of an upper layer of the substrate, and wherein the ends longitudinally opposite to the one lateral side end, are interconnected by a second wiring arranged on of an upper layer of the substrate;
• both longitudinal ends of the electrically conductive region being interconnected via a third wiring arranged on of an upper layer of the substrate.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, wherein one end of one of the paired electrically conductive regions forming the set of sub bit lines, is connected to the longitudinally opposite end of the other of the paired electrically conductive regions by a wiring provided on an upper layer on the substrate.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, wherein there are provided a plurality of stages of paired electrically conductive regions forming one set of said sub bit lines from a selection transistor on one side of the memory cell array to a selection transistor on the opposite side of the memory cell array, the paired electrically conductive regions being formed by interconnecting one side end of one electrically conductive region to another end of the other electrically conductive region, by a wiring provided on an upper layer on the substrate, said another end being longitudinally opposite to the one end.

A semiconductor memory device comprising:

• a first group of electrically conductive regions composed of a plural number of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to on another on a memory cell array region on a substrate surface, from one side of the memory cell array to the opposite side thereof, and a second group of electrically conductive regions composed of a plural number of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another from the other end to the one end of the memory cell array;
• each of a plurality of gate electrodes extending parallel to one another via an insulating film on the substrate surface in a direction perpendicular to a direction along which the electrically conductive regions are extended, each gate electrode composing a word line;
• two of the electrically conductive regions of the plural electrically conductive regions belonging to the same set being paired to form a set of sub bit lines;
• one of the paired electrically conductive regions forming one set of the sub bit lines being connected to one of the paired diffusion layers of the selection transistor, the gate of which is connected to a selection control line, the other diffusion layer of the selection transistor being connected to a main bit line formed on an upper layer out the substrate;
• the paired electrically conductive regions forming the set of the sub bit lines having respective ends on the side connected to the selection transistor (termed one side ends) via a contact to one wiring on an upper layer on the substrate;
• and wherein
• between the paired electrically conductive regions forming the set of the sub bit lines, there are arranged each one of paired electrically conductive regions forming two sets of the sub bit lines, connected via selection transistors to two main bit lines lying on both sides of the main bit line to which the set of the sub bit lines are connected via selection transistor and each one of paired electrically conductive regions forming two sets of the sub bit lines, respectively connected to two main bit lines neighboring to each other via a selection transistor lying opposite to the selection transistor connected to the set of the sub bit lines, totaling at four electrically conductive regions.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a first group of electrically conductive regions composed of a plural number of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a memory cell array region on a substrate surface from one side of the memory cell array to the opposite side thereof, and a second group of electrically conductive regions composed of a plural number of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another from the other end to the one end of the memory cell array;

• each of group of gate electrodes, each gate electrode extending parallel to one another via an insulating film on the substrate surface in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the electrically conductive regions, to form a word line;
• two of the electrically conductive regions of the plural electrically conductive regions belonging to the same group being paired to form a set of sub bit lines;
• one of the paired electrically conductive regions forming one set of the sub bit lines being connected to one of the paired diffusion layers of the selection transistor to the gate of which is connected a selection control line, the other diffusion layer of the selection transistor being connected to a main bit line on an upper layer on the substrate;
• the end of the paired electrically conductive regions forming the set of the sub bit lines, lying on the side of one electrically conductive region connected to the selection transistor (termed one side end) is connected via a contact to one wiring of the wiring layer on a upper substrate layer to the longitudinally opposite end of the other electrically conductive region;
• and wherein
• there are arranged, between the paired electrically conductive regions forming the set of the sub bit lines, each one of paired electrically conducive regions forming two sets of the sub bit lines, connected via selection transistors to two main bit lines lying on both sides of the main bit line to which the set of the sub bit lines are connected via selection transistor and each one of paired electrically conductive regions forming two sets of the sub bit lines, respectively connected to two main neighboring bit lines via a selection transistor connected to the set of the sub bit lines, totaling at four electrically conductive regions.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memo cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, further comprising a power supply for applying a ground potential and a preset positive voltage to first and second ones of two neighboring electrically conductive regions associated with a selected memory cell, respectively, and preset positive voltage to a gate electrode associated with the selected memory cell and for applying, when writing in the memory cell, a voltage between the positive voltage applied to the second electrically conductive region and the ground potential of a third electrically conductive region neighboring to the second electrically conductive region to which the positive voltage is applied, the third electrically conductive region lying on the opposite side to the first electrically conductive region.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, further comprising a power supply for applying a ground potential and a preset positive voltage to first and second ones of two electrically conductive regions associated with a selected memory cell, and a preset positive voltage to a gate electrode associated with the selected memory cell and for applying, when writing in the memory cell, a positive voltage of the same level as that of the second electrically conductive region, to an electrically conductive region neighboring to the second electrically conductive region supplied with the positive voltage, and to an electrically conductive region forming sub bit lines having an electrically conductive region other than the first electrically conductive region, the electrically conductive region forming sub bit lines having an electrically conductive region other than the first electrically conductive region being from the electrically conductive regions neighboring to a third by being electrically conductive region forming set of the sub bit lines by paired to the second electrically conductive region;
• and
• for applying a voltage between the positive voltage applied to the second electrically conductive region and the ground potential to at least one of the first electrically conductive region, fourth electrically conductive region forming one set of sub bit lines by being paired with the first electrically conductive region and an electrically conductive region arranged between electrically conductive regions to which is applied the positive voltage.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, further comprising a power supply for applying a ground potential and a preset positive voltage to first and second ones of two neighboring electrically conductive regions associated with a selected memory cell, a preset positive voltage to a gate electrode associated with the selected memory cell and for applying, when reading out from the memory cell, a voltage of the same level as the second electrically conductive region to third electrically conductive regions among electrically conductive regions neighboring to the second electrically conductive region supplied with the positive voltage, said third electrically conductive regions lying on an adjacent column located on a side opposite to the first electrically conductive region.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, further comprising a power supply for applying a ground potential and a preset positive voltage to first and second ones of two neighboring electrically conductive regions associated with a selected memory cell, and a preset positive voltage to a gate electrode associated with the selected memory cell and or applying, when reading out from the memory cell, a voltage of the same level as the second electrically conductive region to an electrically conductive region neighboring to the second electrically conductive region supplied with the positive voltage, and to an electrically conductive region forming sub bit lines having an electrically conductive region other than the first electrically conductive region, the electrically conductive region forming sub bit lines having an electrically conductive region other than the first electrically conductive region being from the electrically conductive regions neighboring to a third by being electrically conductive region forming a set of the sub bit lines by paired to the second electrically conductive region;
• and
• for applying a ground voltage to at least one of the first electrically conductive region and an electrically conductive region arranged between a fourth electrically conductive region forming a set of sub bit lines by being paired with the first electrically conductive region and the electrically conductive region to which is applied the positive voltage.

A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell array area;

• wherein
• two of the plural electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• each set of the sub bit lines are connected to a main bit line via an associated selection transistor;
• a plurality of said selection transistors are arranged on both ends of said memory cell array, in an opposing relation to one another;
• and
• a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on one end of said memory cell array and a plural number of sets of said sub bit lines respectively connected to plural selection transistors on the opposite end of said memory cell array are arranged alternately, operating as a programable non-volatile semiconductor storage device, wherein
• a memory cell formed in two neighboring electrically conductive regions includes, intermediate the substrate surface and the gate electrode an ONO film composed of a first oxide film, a nitride film and a second oxide film.

A method of controlling write operation in a semiconductor storage device in which a set of sub bit lines are formed by interconnecting a pair of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to each other on substrate surface,

• a plurality of selection transistors for connecting a set of sub bit lines to an associated main bit line are arranged on both longitudinal end side of a memory cell array;
• and in which
• a plurality of sets of sub bit lines respectively connected to the selection transistors arranged on one and on the other longitudinal end sides of the memory cell array are arranged alternately;
• said method comprising the steps of:
• applying a ground potential and a preset positive voltage to first and second ones of two neighboring electrically conductive regions associated with a selected memory cell, and a preset positive voltage to a gate electrode associated with the selected memory cell;
• and applying, when writing in the memory cell, a voltage between the positive voltage applied to the second electrically conductive region and the ground potential to a third electrically conductive region neighboring to the second electrically conductive region to which the positive voltage is applied, the third electrically conductive region lying on the opposite side to the first electrically conductive region.

A method of controlling trite operation in a semiconductor storage device in which a set of sub bit lines are formed by interconnecting a pair of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to each other on substrate surface,

• a plurality of selection transistors for connecting a set of sub bit lines to an associated main bit line are arranged on both longitudinal end side of a memory cell array;
• and in which
• a plurality of sets of sub bit lines respectively connected to the selection transistors arranged on one and on the other longitudinal end sides of the memory cell array are arranged alternately;
• said method comprising the step of:
• applying a ground potential and a preset positive voltage to first and second ones of two electrically conductive regions associated with a selected memory cell, and a preset positive voltage to a gate electrode associated with the selected memory cell;
• and
• applying, when writing in the memory cell, a positive voltage of the same level as that of the second electrically conductive region, to an electrically conductive region neighboring to the second electrically conductive region supplied with the positive voltage, and to an electrically conductive region forming sub bit lines having an electrically conductive region other than the first electrically conductive region among the electrically conductive regions neighboring to a third by being electrically conductive region forming a set of the sub bit lines by paired to the second electrically conductive region;
• and
• applying a voltage between the positive voltage supplied with the positive voltage and the ground voltage to at least one of the first electrically conductive region and an electrically conductive region arranged between a fourth electrically conductive region forming a set of sub bit lines by being paired with the first electrically conductive region and the electrically conductive region to which is applied the positive voltage.

A method of controlling read operation in a semiconductor storage device in which a set of sub bit lines are formed by interconnecting a pair of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to each other on substrate surface,

• a plurality of selection transistors for connecting a set of sub bit lines to an associated main bit line are arranged on both longitudinal end side of a memory cell array;
• and in which
• a plurality of sets of sub bit lines respectively connected to the selection transistors arranged on one and on the other longitudinal end sides of the memory cell array are arranged in an interchanged fashion;
• the method comprising the steps of:
• applying a ground potential and a preset positive voltage respectively to first and second ones of two neighboring electrically conductive regions associated with a selected memory cell, and a preset positive voltage to a gate electrode associated with the selected memory cell;
• and
• applying, when reading out from the memory cell, a positive voltage of the same level applied to the second electrically conductive region to third electrically conductive region neighboring to the second electrically conductive region to which the positive voltage is applied, the third electrically conductive region lying on the opposite side to the first electrically conductive region.

A method of controlling read operation in a semiconductor storage device in which a set of sub bit lines are formed by interconnecting two paired electrically conductive regions extending parallel to each other on substrate surface,

• a plurality of selection transistors for connecting a set of sub bit lines to an associated main bit line are arranged on both longitudinal end side of a memory cell array;
• and in which
• a plurality of sets of sub bit lines respectively connected to the selection transistors arranged on one and on the other longitudinal end sides of the memory cell array are arranged in an interchanged fashion;
• the method comprising the steps of:
• applying a ground potential and a preset positive voltage respectively to first and second ones of two neighboring electrically conductive region associated with a selected memory cell, a preset positive voltage to the second electrically conductive region and a preset positive voltage to a gate electrode associated with the selected memory cell, and for applying, when reading out from the memory cell, a positive voltage of the same level as that of the second electrically conductive region, to an electrically conductive region neighboring to the second electrically conductive region supplied with the positive voltage, said to an electrically conductive region forming sub bit lines having an electrically conductive region other than the first electrically conductive region, the electrically conductive region forming sub bit lines having an electrically conductive region other than the first electrically conductive region being from the electrically conductive regions neighboring to a third by being electrically conductive region forming a set of the sub bit lines by paired to the second electrically conductive region;
• and
• applying a ground potential to at least one of the first electrically conductive region and an electrically conductive region arranged between a fourth electrically conductive region forming a set of sub bit lines by being paired with the first electrically conductive region and the electrically conductive region to which is applied the positive voltage.

A semiconductor memory device comprising:

• a plurality of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on a substrate surface forming a memory cell region;
• wherein
• two of the electrically conductive regions are connected as a pair to form a set of sub bit lines;
• the one set of the sub bit lines being connected to a main bit line via a selection transistor;
• a plurality of the selection transistors are arranged opposing to one another on both sides of the memory cell array;
• the memory cell array is formed by a plurality or (M) sets, each set being composed of a plurality of (N) word lines as a unit;
• M sets of paired electrically conductive regions, forming said one set of sub bit lines, are arranged along two lines, corresponding to the M sets forming the memory cell array;
• for each of the M sets of paired electrically conductive regions, one end of one of the paired electrically conductive regions and another end of the other of the paired electrically conductive regions are interconnected via a wiring on an upper layer on the substrate, the another end being longitudinally opposite to the one end;
• and wherein
• the paired electrically conductive regions of each of the M sets are connected common to one of the selection transistors via the wiring on an upper layer on the substrate.

A semiconductor device comprising:

• a memory cell array region including a of memory cells arranged in an array format on a substrate;
• a plurality of main bit lines;
• a plurality of selection transistors, each arranged between the main bit line and an associated set of sub bit lines, controlled on and off by a selection control signal;
• a plural number of electrically conductive regions extending parallel to one another on the memory cell array region on the substrate surface,
• said electrically conductive regions paired two by two to form a plural sets of sub bit lines, each set of sub bit lines connected via an associated one of the selection transistors to the main bit line,
• one end of one of paired electrically conductive regions forming one set of sub bit lines, diagonally interconnected to another end of the other of the paired electrically conductive regions via a wiring provided on an upper layer on the substrate, said another end being longitudinally opposite to said one end;
• and
• a plurality of gate electrodes extending parallel one another via an insulating film on the substrate surface in the memory cell array region in direction perpendicular to a direction along which the electrically conductive regions are extended, each gate electrode composing a word line, the memory cell being formed at an intersection area of the gate electrode and neighboring two electrically conductive regions.