Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and method of controlling the same
- Patent Title (中): 半导体装置及其控制方法
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Application No.: US12168986Application Date: 2008-07-08
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Publication No.: US07692988B2Publication Date: 2010-04-06
- Inventor: Takao Yanagida , Takuya Hirota
- Applicant: Takao Yanagida , Takuya Hirota
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Young & Thompson
- Priority: JP2007-179365 20070709
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00

Abstract:
A semiconductor device (DRAM) according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of pairs of digit lines (digit True, Not) connected to a memory cell, a common signal line pair (main I/O True, Not) connected to the plurality of pairs of digit lines in common, a main I/O equalizer performing precharge of the common signal line pair, and a control circuit determining whether the precharge operation is continued irrespective of a signal level of a mask signal input from an outside.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090016123A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2009-01-15
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