摘要:
A signal transmission circuit which enables the distance of signal transmission to be increased, while the signal delay and power consumption are reduced. The signal transmission circuit includes a driver circuit, a receiver circuit, an equalizer circuit that flattens the output of the driver circuit, and an intermediate amplifier circuit. The intermediate amplifier circuit is connected to input/output shared terminals in the wiring that connects the driver circuit and the receiver circuit. With the aid of the positive feedback of the intermediate amplifier circuit, a differential signal output from the driver circuit is amplified and then transmitted to the receiver circuit.
摘要:
Realizing a reduction of the layout surface area by rendering unnecessary the region used for well isolation. In this DRAM, a triple well construction is used, and all of the regions for the unit memory cell array MA, the word line driver bank WDB, the sense amplifier bank SAB, and the cross area CR are surrounded by a lower layer N-type deep (deep layer) well 12. A back bias VPP corresponding to the power supply voltage of the word line driver is applied to the N well 14, and a back bias VBB corresponding to the characteristics of the memory cell are applied to the P well 16. In the N well 14, in regard to the P-type MOS transistors of the sense amplifier that undergo the substrate bias effect due to the back bias VPP, the threshold voltage is set to a low value so as to cancel that bias effect. Also, in the P well 16, in regard to the N-type MOS transistors of the sense amplifiers that undergo the substrate bias effect due to the back bias VBB, the threshold voltage is designed to a low value so as to cancel that bias effect.
摘要:
Controlling the timing for the overdrive of the sense amplifiers in response to the wiring length between the sense amplifiers and the power supply voltage supply nodes, and designing a reduction of the power consumption by preventing excessive overdrive of the bit lines.The supply timing for the power supply voltage to each sense amplifier bank is controlled according to the wiring length between the supply nodes CT0, CT1, CT2 for the power supply used for the driving of the sense amplifiers and each sense amplifier bank SB0 to SB16, and since the supply time for the overdrive voltage to the sense amplifier bank SB0 at the near end is set short and the supply time for the overdrive voltage is set successively longer as it goes towards the far end, the sensing delay that originates in the voltage drop that is generated in the wiring between the supply nodes and the sense amplifier banks is compensated for, uniformity of the overdrive for the bit lines at both the far and near ends can be achieved, the excessive overdrive at the sense amplifier bank (memory cell mat) at the near end can be avoided, and by extension, a reduction of the power consumption can be realized.
摘要:
A semiconductor storage device is provided with a storage circuit for a faulty address and a plurality of redundant word lines corresponding to the storage circuit. The storage circuit is adapted to store a faulty address required for selecting a redundant word line. The faulty address is compared with an address input at the time of memory access by a comparator. Using a coincidence signal produced from the comparator and a predetermined address signal contained in the input address, a defect relief circuit selects one of the redundant word lines in place of the faulty word line.
摘要:
There is provided a semiconductor memory device having a redundant column. This memory device has a redundant column disposed in the direction of the Y-system address, a ROM accessed by using an X-system address, a Y-system address signal having a defective cell included in the cells therein being electrically written into the ROM, a comparator circuit for comparing a signal read out from this ROM with a Y-system address signal and outputting a coincidence signal upon coincidence, and a defect relieving circuit responsive to output of the coincidence signal from this comparator circuit to cause selection of the redundant column of Y system instead of the Y-system address selection device.
摘要:
A driving circuit for providing a predetermined voltage as a driving signal to a respective word line in a dynamic random access memory in a short time. The driving circuit includes an operation signal supply circuit portion for providing an operation signal, a driving signal output circuit portion which receives the operation signal and provides a driving signal as an output, and a voltage supply circuit portion for providing a predetermined voltage to the driving signal output circuit portion in producing the driving signal. A bipolar switching element is provided in the driving signal output circuit portion to control the voltage supply from the voltage supply circuit portion and responds to the operation signal to provide the voltage from the voltage supply circuit portion as the voltage producing the driving signal in a short time.
摘要:
This invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit device which has an insulated-gate type element part comprising a capacitor which is formed through the use of a trench in a semiconductor layer, wherein a low-resistance buried layer is formed in the semiconductor layer prior to forming the trench so that the trench is formed to be surrounded by the low-resistance buried layer and thereby the low-resistance buried layer is used as an electrode of the capacitor.
摘要:
A semiconductor device including a first material layer adjacent to a second material layer, a first via passing through the first material layer and extending into the second material layer, and a second via extending into the first material layer, where along a common cross section parallel to an interface between the two material layers, the first via has a cross section larger than that of the second via.
摘要:
A semiconductor device including a first material layer adjacent to a second material layer, a first via passing through the first material layer and extending into the second material layer, and a second via extending into the first material layer, where along a common cross section parallel to an interface between the two material layers, the first via has a cross section larger than that of the second via.
摘要:
The objective is to realize a semiconductor memory capable of avoiding an increase in the load of the sense amplifiers, easily realizing a large capacity and high integration of the memory, reducing the current consumption by the bit lines, and improving the access speed. Because the levels of the selection signal lines SHUS1, SHUE1, SHDS1, and SHDE1 are set by the control circuit, only one of the aforementioned four selection signal lines is selected at the time of memory access, other selection signal lines are held in unselect status, and the sense amplifiers in the sense amplifier bank SB1a and prescribed bit line pairs or extended bit line pairs are connected to each other by response in order to carry out read or write; thus, the load of the sense amplifiers can be reduced, and high speed, large capacity, and high integration can be achieved.