摘要:
In a semiconductor memory device of a redundancy configuration having lines (rows or columns) of main memory cells and a line of spare memory cells made to substitute a defective line responsive to the address of the defective line, a comparator compares an address input to the memory device, with the address of the defective line which has been programmed in it, and a spare line selector selects the spare line when the input address is found to coincide with the programmed address. The comparator comprises a dynamic NOR gate having discharge paths each formed of a gate element receiving a bit or its inversion of the input address to be opened or closed depending on the value of the particular bit of the input address currently applied, and a PROM element in series with the gate element. The dynamic NOR gate has a first node forming an output thereof and a second node, each of the series connections of the PROM element and the gate element is connected across the first and the second nodes. The potential on the second node is caused to be identical with the potential on the first node during the precharge period.
摘要:
The invention relates to a substrate bias generator for use in dynamic random access memory, and in which either a plurality of transistors for rectification are disposed between a coupling capacitor and a substrate potential electrode or a threshold voltage of a transistor for rectification between the coupling capacitor and the substrate potential electrode is different from a threshold voltage of the other transistor making the absolute value of substrate potential smaller thereby, so that a depletion-layer distance formed between a P-type substrate and N.sup.+ -type substrate is shortened and that effect due to incidence of .alpha.-particle is reduced resulting in reducing soft error rate.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device comprises a DRAM memory cell array comprising a plurality of dynamic type memory cells arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, and an SRAM memory cell array comprising static type memory cells arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. The DRAM memory cell array is divided into a plurality of blocks each comprising a plurality of columns. The SRAM memory cell array is divided into a plurality of blocks each comprising a plurality of columns, corresponding to the plurality of blocks in the DRAM memory cell array. The SRAM memory cell array is used as a cache memory. At the time of cache hit, data is accessed to the SRAM memory cell array. At the time of cache miss, data is accessed to the DRAM memory cell array. On this occasion, data corresponding to one row in each of the blocks in the DRAM memory cell array is transferred to one row in the corresponding block in the SRAM memory cell array.
摘要:
In a block access memory in which the memory cell array is divided into a plurality of blocks and data input/output is carried out by block unit, each block is divided into a plurality of subblocks, and the timing of activating the word line and the timing of activating the sense amplifier are made different for each subblock in the block in which the selected word line is included, whereby the peak current associated with the bit line charge/discharge at the time of activating the sense amplifiers is reduced.
摘要:
An address decoding circuit for a functional block comprises branch portions serially connected with each other, in which a selecting signal is outputted on one of two output portions in accordance with the first bit information of an address signal when a selecting signal is applied to the first stage branch portion. The second stage output portion, to which the selecting signal is applied, outputs a selecting signal on one of two output portions in response to the second bit information of the address signal, in accordance with the selecting signal. Thereafter, each branch portion of the third to last stages outputs a selecting signal on one of two output portions in response to respective contents of the third bit to last bit of the address signal in accordance with the selecting signal applied from the preceding stage. By this selecting signal, a memory cell as a functional block portion is selected and is activated.
摘要:
Each of sense amplifiers is coupled to two bit lines with another bit line being interposed therebetween. Information stored in a memory cell is read out onto one of the two bit lines coupled to each of the sense ampliers, while a reference potential is read out onto the other bit line. Outside of the two bit lines, a reference potential is respectively read out onto other bit lines adjacent to the two bit lines. The information stored in the memory cell is read out onto the other bit line between the two bit lines.
摘要:
A dynamic RAM comprises an array of memory cells, each of the memory cells comprising a single access transistor and a charge storage region. The charge storage region comprises a first capacitor memory including a P.sup.+ region serving as an opposite electrode formed in the inner surface of a trench formed in a P type silicon substrate, a first capacitor dielectric film formed on the P.sup.+ region and a common electrode layer serving as a memory terminal formed on the first capacitor dielectric film, and a second memory capacitor including the common electrode layer, a second capacitor dielectric film formed on the common electrode layer and a cell plate electrode formed on the second capacitor dielectric film. The memory terminal and a drain region of the access transistor are connected in a self-aligning manner by an electrode having a sidewall shape which is in contact with an end of the memory terminal. Thus, a contact hole need not be formed in the first capacitor dielectric film, so that decrease of the electrical reliability of the first capacitor dielectric film can be prevented. The drain region of the access transistor may be formed by self-alignment with the contact portion of the common electrode layer.
摘要:
In a content addressable memory device, before search operations in two TCAM cells connected to first and second match lines, respectively, a memory controller connects the first match line to a power source and connects the second match line to a ground, and then connects the first and second match lines to each other so as that electric potentials of the first and second match lines are the same as each other.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device operable for reading and writing in a normal mode and in a test mode is divided into memory cell sections each having blocks of memory cells. Data bus lines are connected to the respective blocks, and switches interconnect data bus lines connected to blocks of the different sections. The switch are made conductive during reading and writing in the normal mode and during writing in the test mode, and nonconductive during reading in the test mode. Input data are applied onto the data bus lines connected one of the blocks for writing in the blocks of the sections simultaneously during writing in the normal mode and in the test mode. In the normal mode, data are read out of the blocks of the sections through the data bus lines connected to the above-mentioned one of the blocks. In the test mode, the data are read out of the blocks of the sections through the data bus lines connected to the respective blocks.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device operable for reading and writing in a normal mode and in a test mode is divided into memory cell sections each having blocks of memory cells. Data bus lines are connected to the respective blocks, and switches interconnect data bus lines connected to blocks of the different sections. The switch are made conductive during reading and writing in the normal mode and during writing in the test mode, and nonconductive during reading in the test mode. Input data are applied onto the data bus lines connected one of the blocks for writing in the blocks of the sections simultaneously during writing in the normal mode and in the test mode. In the normal mode, data are read out of the blocks of the sections through the data bus lines connected to the above-mentioned one of the blocks. In the test mode, the data are read out of the blocks of the sections through the data bus lines connected to the respective blocks.