Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device capable of confirming a failed address and a method therefor
- Patent Title (中): 能够确认故障地址的半导体存储器件及其方法
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Application No.: US12128838Application Date: 2008-05-29
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Publication No.: US07672180B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Naotaka Yumoto
- Applicant: Naotaka Yumoto
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Agent Donald R. Studebaker
- Priority: JP2007-145498 20070531
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device includes an address buffer, a row decoder, a column decoder, a fuse circuit, a memory cell array including regular and redundant memory cells, a regulator, a regular sense amplifier, a redundant sense amplifier, a selection circuit, an input/output buffer, and a test control circuit for a test mode. The test control circuit controls the regular and redundant sense amplifiers so as to output the signal upon accessing a regular memory cell different in level from that output upon accessing a redundant memory cell, whereby a failed address can be electrically confirmed with ease.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080298144A1 Semiconductor Memory Device Capable of Confirming a Failed Address and a Method Therefor Public/Granted day:2008-12-04
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