Patent ID: 6812532
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: G11C,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device electrically storing information, comprising:a memory cell array having non-volatile memory cells arranged longitudinally and laterally in an array, each said memory cell including an electrically destructible film for storing information in accordance with an electrical conduction and non-conduction of said electrically destructible film; select lines longitudinally and laterally provided, each for selecting a non-volatile memory cell, a select line longitudinally provided and a select line laterally provided being selected concurrently to transmit to one of the longitudinally and laterally provided select lines through a corresponding non-volatile memory cell an electric potential applied to the other of the longitudinally and laterally provided select lines; and a read circuit reading information in accordance with the electric potential transmitted on the other select line.