Static information storage and retrieval – Interconnection arrangements
Patent
1991-10-22
1994-01-18
LaRoche, Eugene R.
Static information storage and retrieval
Interconnection arrangements
365 94, 365103, G11C 1140
Patent
active
052804429
ABSTRACT:
A read-only memory includes columns of memory cell arrays, a plurality of banks formed by dividing each column of the memory cell arrays along the columns, sub-bit lines disposed between adjacent banks situated along the rows and connected to a transistor of each memory cell, and main-bit lines disposed between every two other columns of the memory cell arrays and extending along the columns, wherein the sub-bit lines are divided into sets of three sub-bit lines connected to a pair of adjacent banks situated along the rows, and one end of each center sub-bit line being connected to a first main-bit line through a first selector transistor, the first main-bit line passing through one side of the set to which the center bit-line belongs, and the other end of the sub-bit line being connected to a second main-bit line through a second selector transistor, the second main-bit line passing through the other side of the set to which the center sub-bit line belongs, the two outer sub-bit lines being directly connected to the main-bit lines adjacent to the set of banks, respectively.
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Hotta Yasuhiro
Okada Mikiro
LaRoche Eugene R.
Le Vu A.
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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