Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory and method of controlling the same
- Patent Title (中): 半导体存储器及其控制方法
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Application No.: US13903746Application Date: 2013-05-28
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Publication No.: US08885425B2Publication Date: 2014-11-11
- Inventor: Teruo Takagiwa
- Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz, Goodman & Chick PC
- Priority: JP2012-121222 20120528; JP2012-273965 20121214
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C29/04 ; G11C16/04 ; G11C16/08 ; G11C29/00 ; H01L27/115

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a memory includes main and redundancy regions including cells, first units in the main region, second units in the redundancy region, a column control circuit configured to selects the first units using a first pointer corresponding to an address signal, and selects the second unit using a second pointer when defect address of the main region matches the address signal so that defect first unit is replaced with the second unit, a selection circuit configured to connects one of a first path for the main region and a second path for the redundancy region to a third path based on a comparison result between the address signal and the defect address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130314992A1 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2013-11-28
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