Patent ID: 7928580

Claim:
A semiconductor memory device comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a first wiring region having a first memory cell array area and a first lead area located adjacent to the first memory cell array area, and a second wiring region located adjacent to the first wiring region, the second wiring region having a second memory cell array area located adjacent to the first memory cell array area and a second lead area located adjacent to the first lead area; a plurality of first lines located in the first wiring region, each first line located from the first memory cell array area to the first lead area, each first line including a first portion located in the first memory cell array area, a first lead portion located in the first lead area and a first inclined portion located in the first lead area, the first inclined portion connecting the first portion and the first lead portion, respectively; and a plurality of second lines located in the second wiring region, each second line located from the second memory cell array area to the second lead area, each second line including a second portion located in the second memory cell array area, a second lead portion located in the second lead area and a second inclined portion located in the second lead area, the second inclined portion connecting the second portion and the second lead portion, respectively, wherein the first portions are located in parallel with a first pitch, the second portions are located in parallel with a second pitch which is the same as the first pitch, the first lead portions are located with a third pitch which is larger than the first pitch, the second lead portions are located with a fourth pitch which is the same as third pitch, the first inclined portions extend in a first direction at a predetermined angle to the first portion, and the second inclined portions extend in a second direction which is the same as the first direction, the plurality of first lines has a same layout to the plurality of second lines in the first and second directions, the plurality of first lines has a same layout to the plurality of second lines in a third direction which is perpendicular to the first and second direction, and in the plurality of second lines, half of the second portions positioned in a first memory cell array area side bend in a direction away from the first memory cell array area side, and remaining second portions positioned in the second memory cell array area opposite the first memory cell array area side bend toward the first memory cell array area.