Patent ID: 8116110
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A memory device comprising: a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells arrayed in a first direction and in a second direction; a plurality of first lines extending in the first direction for coupling nonvolatile memory cells arrayed in the first direction; a plurality of second lines extending in the second direction for coupling nonvolatile memory cells arrayed in the second direction; and a plurality of decoders, including i) first decoders coupled to the first lines and ii) second decoders coupled to the second lines, for accessing any one or more of the nonvolatile memory cells in any order, wherein the memory device includes a plurality of segments, wherein each segment includes different ones of the nonvolatile memory cells, wherein a first one of the segments is juxtaposed to, in the second direction, a second one of the segments, and wherein the second one of the segments mirrors, in the second direction, the first one of the segments.