Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device
- Patent Title (中): 半导体器件
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Application No.: US12838466Application Date: 2010-07-18
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Publication No.: US08259524B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Kiyotada Funane , Yuta Yanagitani , Shinji Tanaka
- Applicant: Kiyotada Funane , Yuta Yanagitani , Shinji Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki-shi
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki-shi
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-183349 20090806
- Main IPC: G11C7/10
- IPC: G11C7/10 ; G11C7/02 ; G11C8/00

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to provide a semiconductor device having a dual-port memory circuit in which influence of placement of replica cells exerted on enlargement of chip area is reduced. A memory cell array of a dual-port memory circuit has: a first replica cell array used to respond to an instruction of reading operation from one of dual ports; and a second replica cell array used to respond to an instruction of reading operation from the other dual port. Each of the replica cell arrays has: replica bit lines obtained by mutually short-circuiting parallel lines having a length obtained by cutting, in half, an inversion bit line and a non-inversion bit line of complementary bit lines to which data input/output terminals of a memory cell are coupled; and replica cells coupled to the replica bit lines and having transistor placement equivalent to that of the memory cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110032751A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-02-10
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