US PATENT SUBCLASS 365 / 185.13
.~.~.~ Global word or bit lines


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365 /   HD   STATIC INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

185.01  DF  FLOATING GATE {5}
185.05  DF  .~ Particular connection {9}
185.11  DF  .~.~ Bank or block architecture {2}
185.13.~.~.~ Global word or bit lines


DEFINITION

Classification: 365/185.13

Global word or bit lines:

Subject matter under 185.11 wherein a word (control gate) line or a data bit (drain) line in a floating gate array extends through a plurality of banks or blocks to form a common connection or connections for at least a plurality of the banks or blocks of the entire floating gate array.

(1) Note. This subject matter includes memories where the floating gate array is the entire intact semiconductor wafer and such lines that extend across the entire wafer.