IP Library Granted Patent US 7,088,617
Granted Patent B2
US 7,088,617 · App. 10/919,777 · Granted Aug 8, 2006

Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device, and liquid crystal display device including the same

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Patent No.
US 7,088,617
App. No.
10/919,777
Granted
Aug 8, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device including: a plurality of memory cell unit groups each comprising one or more NAND nonvolatile memory cell units each comprising at least one memory cell having a control gate, a first selection transistor having a first selection gate, and a second selection transistor having a second selection gate, the memory cell unit groups each further comprising a control gate line connected to the control gate, a first selection gate line connected to the first selection gate, and a second selection gate line connected to the second selection gate; a common control gate line connected commonly to the control gate lines of different ones of the memory cell unit groups; a first common selection gate line connected commonly to the first selection gate lines of different ones of the memory cell unit groups; and a second common selection gate line connected commonly to the second selection gate lines of different ones of the memory cell unit groups; wherein the memory cells in the respective memory cell unit groups are each uniquely selected on the basis of a combination of the common control gate line and the first and second common selection gate lines.

Claims (17)

1. A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device comprising:

a plurality of memory cell unit groups each comprising one or more NAND nonvolatile memory cell units each comprising at least one memory cell having a charge storage layer and a control gate, a first selection transistor disposed at one end of the memory cell and having a first selection gate, and a second selection transistor disposed at the other end of the memory cell and having a second selection gate, the memory cell unit groups each further comprising a control gate line connected to the control gate of the memory cell of each of the memory cell units, a first selection gate line connected to the first selection gate of the first selection transistor of each of the memory cell units, and a second selection gate line connected to the second selection gate of the second selection transistor of each of the memory cell units;

a common control gate line connected commonly to the control gate lines of different ones of the memory cell unit groups;

a first common selection gate line connected commonly to the first selection gate lines of different ones of the memory cell unit groups; and

a second common selection gate line connected commonly to the second selection gate lines of different ones of the memory cell unit groups;

wherein the common control gate line is connected commonly to the control gate lines of at least two of the memory cell unit groups selected in a first combination,

wherein the first common selection gate line is connected commonly to the first selection gate lines of at least two of the memory cell unit groups selected in a second combination different from the first combination,

wherein the second common selection gate line is connected commonly to the second selection gate lines of at least two of the memory cell unit groups selected in a third combination different from the first and second combinations; and

wherein the memory cells in the respective memory cell unit groups are each uniquely selected on the basis of a combination of the common control gate line and the first and second common selection gate lines.

2. A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device as set forth in claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one memory cell of each of the NAND nonvolatile memory cell units includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in series,

wherein the control gate line of each of the memory cell unit groups includes a plurality of control gate lines, which are respectively connected to the control gates of the memory cells of each of the NAND nonvolatile memory cell units in each of the memory cell unit groups and are each connected commonly to the control gates of corresponding ones of the memory cells of the respective NAND memory cell units.

3. A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a number of the control gate lines of the respective memory cell unit groups connected to the common control gate line and a total number of the first and second selection gate lines of the respective memory cell unit groups connected to the first and second common selection gate lines are each 2 k (k≧1).

4. A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device as set forth in claim 1 ,

wherein the memory cell unit groups constitute a memory block,

wherein the common control gate line and the first and second common selection gate lines of one memory cell unit group are routed from a side opposite the side of the memory block from which the common adjacent memory cell unit group are routed.

5. A liquid crystal display device comprising a semiconductor storage device as recited in claim 1 .

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035120 FRAME: 0878. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 5, 2015
From: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES I KFT.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2015
From: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES I KFT.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2011
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES I KFT.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: MASUOKA, FUJIO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2004
From: MASUOKA, FUJIO; SAKURABA, HIROSHI; MATSUOKA, FUMIYOSHI; UENO, SYOUNOSUKE; MATSUYAMA, RYUSUKE; HORII, SHINJI
To: MASUOKA, FUJIO; SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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SEE RECORDING AT REEL 015959 FRAME 0737 (DOCUMENT RECORDED OVER TO ADD PAGE 2 OF THE COVER SHEET LISTING SECOND ASSIGNEE'S NAME; THEREFORE, CHANGING THE NUMBER OF MICROFILMED PAGES FROM 3 TO 4) Recorded Aug 16, 2004
From: MASUOKA, FUJIO; SAKURABA, HIROSHI; MATSUOKA, FUMIYOSHI; UENO, SYOUNOSUKE; MATSUYAMA, RYUSUKE; HORII, SHINJI
To: MASUOKA, FUJIO
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