Patent ID: 7012329
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of memory transistors arranged in an array; a plurality of word lines extending in a row direction and repeating at distances in a column direction, said word lines being gate electrodes for said plurality of memory transistors; a first charge storage film on a semiconductor, said first charge storage film including a plurality of first films and having a first charge storage capability; first word lines of said plurality of word lines on said first charge storage film and in parallel with each other at predetermined distances; a second charge storage film covering surfaces of said first word lines and surfaces of said semiconductor exposed between said first word lines, said second charge storage film including a plurality of second films and having a second charge storage capability; second word lines of said plurality of word lines facing said surfaces of said semiconductor exposed between said first word lines across said second charge storage film, said second word lines being insulated and isolated from said first word lines by said second charge storage film; a first word line drive circuit connected to at least one of the outermost second word lines and supplying a predetermined voltage for turning off a channel at all times regardless of an amount of stored charge in said second charge storage film directly under said second word line or injecting a sufficient amount of charge to said second charge storage film by supplying a voltage for turning off the channel at all times; and a second word line drive circuit connected to said first or second word lines and controlling, based on an input row address signal, a voltage suitable for input and output of a charge to a first or second charge storage film directly under said first or second word lines or a voltage suitable for turning on or off a channel in accordance with the amount of stored charge in said first or second charge storage film, wherein the number of said second word lines is one larger than the number of said first word lines, wherein said first word lines and said second word lines extend outward from a memory cell array region and then are bent in a direction different from a direction of arrangement of said word lines, and wherein a pitch of arrangement between said first word lines and said second word lines at front end sides from said bent portions is set larger than a pitch of arrangement between said first word lines and said second word lines in said memory cell array.