Patent ID: 7564726

Claim:
A semiconductor memory device, comprising: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells arranged in a row direction and in a column direction to thereby form a matrix pattern, the memory cell array being divided into a plurality of sectors; a plurality of word lines each provided for one row of memory cells; a plurality of main bit lines extending in the column direction; a plurality of sub-bit lines extending in the column direction and each provided within a sector; a plurality of selection transistors corresponding to the sub-bit lines for electrically controlling connections between the main bit lines and the sub-bit lines; a plurality of selector lines for controlling a conductivity state of the selection transistors; a reference cell for producing a reference voltage used in a read operation; a sense amplifier, to which the main bit lines are connected, for determining readout data; a word line selection circuit for selecting a word line to which one of the memory cells that is being read is connected and a word line to which the reference cell is connected; and a selector line selection circuit for selecting, in a read operation, a selector line for connecting a first main bit line connected to the sense amplifier with a sub-bit line to which the memory cell being read is connected, a selector line for connecting the first main bit line with a sub-bit line of at least one sector different from a sector to which the memory cell being read belongs, a selector line for connecting a second main bit line connected to the sense amplifier with a sub-bit line to which the reference cell is connected, and a selector line for connecting the second main bit line with a sub-bit line of at least one sector different from the sector to which the memory cell being read belongs.