Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase-change random access memory capable of reducing word line resistance
- Patent Title (中): 相位随机存取存储器能够减少字线电阻
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Application No.: US12379399Application Date: 2009-02-20
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Publication No.: US08243495B2Publication Date: 2012-08-14
- Inventor: Byung-gil Choi , Won-ryul Chung , Beak-hyung Cho
- Applicant: Byung-gil Choi , Won-ryul Chung , Beak-hyung Cho
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2008-0015919 20080221
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00

Abstract:
A phase-change random access memory (PRAM) device capable of reducing a resistance of a word line may include a plurality of main word lines of a semiconductor memory device or PRAM bent n times in a layer different from a layer in which a plurality of sub-word lines are disposed. The semiconductor memory device or PRAM may further include jump contacts for connecting the plurality of cut sub-word lines. In a PRAM device including the plurality of main word lines and the plurality of sub-word lines being in different layers, the number of jump contacts for connecting the plurality of main word lines to a transistor of a sub-word line decoder is the same in each sub-word line or the plurality of main word lines are bent several times so that a parasitic resistance on a word line and power consumption may be reduced, and a sensing margin may be increased.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090213647A1 Phase-change random access memory capable of reducing word line resistance Public/Granted day:2009-08-27
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