US 7,577,010 B2
Integrated circuits, methods for manufacturing integrated circuits, integrated memory arrays
Nicolas Nagel, Dresden (Germany); and Josef Willer, Riemerling (Germany)
Assigned to Qimonda AG, Munich (Germany)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/686,211.
Prior Publication US 2008/0225587 A1, Sep. 18, 2008
Int. Cl. G11C 5/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 365—63  [365/51; 365/72; 365/182; 365/230.06] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a cell array plane comprising a cell array having a plurality of cells, at least one of the plurality of cells coupled to an address line;
a signal distribution plane monolithically integrally formed with the cell array plane and comprising a signal line distributing a signal therealong; and
a switching plane monolithically integrally formed with and coupled between the cell array plane and the signal distribution plane, the switching plane comprising a first switch having a first port coupled to the signal line in the signal distribution plane, a second port coupled to the address line in the cell array plane, and a control port controlling a conduction state of the first switch, the first switch being operable to selectively conduct a signal between the signal line and the address line.