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US 8,553,459 B2Granted
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and memory system having the same
AssigneeElpida Memory, Inc.
InventorsNaoharu Shinozaki, Masao Taguchi, Takahiro Hatada, Satoru Sugimoto, Satoshi Sakurakawa
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Abstract
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first string including a first number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner; and a second string including a second number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner, wherein the second number is smaller than the first number.
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A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:
- a first memory cell array including at least one first string group constituted of a plurality of first strings, each of the first strings including a first number of first memory cells each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner, each of the first memory cells being connected to an associated one of a plurality of first word lines:,
- a second memory cell array including at least one second string group constituted of a plurality of second strings, each of the second strings including a second number of second memory cell or cells each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner, the second number being smaller than the first number, each of the second memory cell or cells being connected to a second word line or an associated one of a plurality of second word lines;
- a first bit line connected to one of the first strings;
- a second bit line connected to one of the second strings;
- a page buffer that stores therein data read from the first and second memory cell arrays via the first and second bit lines, respectively;
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- a control circuit performing reading first data from the first memory cell array after reading second data from the second memory cell array in first time read access after a power is supplied to the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, thereby the second data and the first data are supplied to the page buffer in a time series manner.
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A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:
- a first string including a first number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner;
- a second string including a second number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner, the second number being smaller than the first number;
- a bit line connected to ends of each of the first and second strings;
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- a page buffer connected to the bit line,
- wherein the second string is arranged between the first string and the page buffer.
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A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:
- a first string including a first number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner;
- a second string including a second number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner, the second number being smaller than the first number;
- a first bit line connected to one end of the first string;
- a second bit line connected to one end of the second string;
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- a first page buffer connected to the first bit line, the first page buffer being arranged between the first and second strings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.