Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device that can relieve defective address
- Patent Title (中): 可以缓解缺陷地址的半导体存储器件
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Application No.: US12222809Application Date: 2008-08-15
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Publication No.: US07826241B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Ankur Goel , Krishman S. Rengarajan , Sahadevan A. Kumaran , Sanjay Kumar Mishra
- Applicant: Ankur Goel , Krishman S. Rengarajan , Sahadevan A. Kumaran , Sanjay Kumar Mishra
- Applicant Address: JP Chuo-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chuo-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: IN3142/CHE/2007 20071228
- Main IPC: G11C15/00
- IPC: G11C15/00

Abstract:
A pre-decoded address is generated at a high speed in a semiconductor memory device. The device comprises a pre-decoder (210) for generating a first pre-decoded address (PDA1) by pre-decoding the input address (ADD), a CAM circuit (220) for activating the match signal (MT) by responding to the indication of a defective memory cell by the input address (ADD), a ROM circuit (230) for outputting a second pre-decoded address (PDA2) and an enable signal (ES) in response to the activation of the match signal (MT), and a multiplexer (240) for selecting either the first or second pre-decoded address (PDA1 or PDA2) on the basis of the enable signal (ES). According to the present invention, there is no need to use a circuit with numerous stages as there is in substituted logic; accordingly, pre-decoded addresses can be generated at a high speed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090168478A1 Semiconductor memory device that can relieve defective address Public/Granted day:2009-07-02
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