Semiconductor memory apparatus
View Patent ↗A semiconductor memory apparatus is provided. The semiconductor memory apparatus comprises: first and second memory banks located a predetermined distance from each other in a first direction; a common column selection control unit located at an outside region in the first and second memory banks in the first direction, and configured to commonly control access to column areas in the first and second memory banks and generate a column selection signal that controls data access to the corresponding memory cells in the first and second memory banks; a first data read/write unit configured to sense and amplify read data transferred from the first memory bank and transfer write data to the first memory bank; and a second data read/write unit configured to sense and amplify read data transferred from the second memory bank and transfer write data to the second memory bank. The first data read/write unit and the second data read/write unit are located so as to be spaced from each other in the first direction with the memory bank interposed therebetween.
1. A semiconductor memory apparatus comprising:
first and second memory banks located at a predetermined distance from each other in a first direction;
a common column selection control unit located at an outside region in the first and second memory banks in the first direction, and configured to commonly control access to column areas in the first and second memory banks and generate a column selection signal that controls data access to the corresponding memory cells in the first and second memory banks;
a first data read/write unit configured to sense and amplify read data transferred from the column areas of the first memory bank and transfer write data to the column areas of the first memory bank; and
a second data read/write unit configured to sense and amplify read data transferred from the column areas of the second memory bank and transfer write data to the column areas of the second memory bank,
wherein the first data read/write unit and the second data read/write unit are located so as to be spaced from each other in the first direction with the memory bank interposed therebetween.
2. The semiconductor memory apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the first data read/write unit is located at one side surface in the first memory bank in the first direction, and the second data read/write unit is located at one side surface in the second memory bank in the first direction.
3. The semiconductor memory apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the column selection signal is transferred to the column areas in the first and second memory banks through a common column selection signal transmission line.
4. The semiconductor memory apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a column selection signal repeater inserted into the common column selection signal transmission line and configured to transfer the corresponding column selection signal that controls the data access to the memory cell in the first memory bank,
wherein a transmission path of the column selection signal that controls the data access to the memory cell in the first memory bank is longer than that in the column selection signal that controls the data access to the memory cell in the second memory bank.
5. The semiconductor memory apparatus of claim 4 , wherein when generating the column selection signal that controls the data access to the memory cell in the second memory bank, the common column selection control unit delays the column selection signal by a delay value of the column selection signal repeater.
6. The semiconductor memory apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the column selection signal is a signal which is activated in response to a column address signal.
7. The semiconductor memory apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first and second memory banks are selectively activated in response to a bank address signal.
8. The semiconductor memory apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the column selection signal controls data access to a memory cell in an activated memory bank in the first and second memory banks.