摘要:
Each memory cell has a pair of inverters whose inputs and outputs are connected to each other and holds complementary data respectively in storage nodes which are outputs of the inverters. In a write operation during which the complementary data are written to the storage nodes respectively, the power control circuit sets a power supply voltage of the inverter having the storage node to which low level is written lower than a power supply voltage of the inverter having the storage node to which high level is written. Since power supply capability to the inverter having the storage node to which the low level is written lowers, the voltage of the storage node easily changes to the low level. That is, a write margin of a memory cell can be improved.
摘要:
A decoder circuit includes a detecting device which detects a selecting signal for selecting the decoder circuit, a clock-signal supplying device which supplies a clock signal, and a decoded signal outputting device which outputs a decoded signal according to timing of the clock signal when the detecting device detects the selecting signal.
摘要:
A logic circuit improves a marginal voltage of a p-channel metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor which is driven through a bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) gate. The logic circuit has a bipolar CMOS gate having a CMOS gate and output stage bipolar transistors for receiving an input signal through the CMOS gate, where the CMOS gate and the output stage bipolar transistors are driven by first and second power source voltages. The first power source voltage is higher than the second power source voltage and the output stage bipolar transistors output a signal as an output signal of the bipolar CMOS gate. A p-channel MOS transistor has a gate supplied with the output signal of the bipolar CMOS gate, a source supplied with a third power source voltage, and a drain from which an output signal of the logic circuit is outputted. The third power source voltage is a predetermined value lower than the first power source voltage and higher than the second power source voltage. As a result, the turning OFF of the p-channel MOS transistor is guaranteed due to the improved marginal voltage.
摘要:
An integrated circuit device of the invention, has a memory macro which during normal operation latches an input address in response to a control pulse and generates data output corresponding to the input address, and a test control circuit 22 which during testing performs memory macro characteristic tests. A ring oscillator is configured by connecting a prescribed number of stages including one or more memory macro units, having a memory macro and a pulse generation circuit which during testing generates a control pulse for tests in response to an input pulse, and the test control circuit measures the oscillation frequency or period of the ring oscillator.
摘要:
Included are first and second inverters 1L, 1R, a first selection transistor N1 controlling a connection of an output terminal of the first inverter 1L to a bit line 11, and a second selection transistor N2 controlling a connection of an output terminal of the second inverter 1R to a bit line 12, wherein the first inverter 1L having a first load transistor P1 and a first drive transistor N3 and the second inverter 1R having a second load transistor P2 and a second drive transistor N4, function as a memory cell 1, and a ratio of a driving current quantity that can be outputted in an ON-state of the first drive transistor N3 to a driving current quantity that can be outputted in an ON-state of the first selection transistor N1, is larger than a first predetermined value.
摘要:
A semiconductor device with laser-programmable fuses for repairing a memory defect found after production, in which guard rings and fuse patterns are designed to take up less chip space. The semiconductor device has a fuse pattern running parallel to the longitudinal axis of a rectangular guard ring, and patterns branching from the fuse pattern and drawn out of the guard ring in the direction perpendicular to that axis. The semiconductor device also has a plurality of memory cell arrays, each coupled to an I/O port for receiving and sending memory signals. One of those arrays is reserved as a redundant memory cell array for repair purposes. The device further has switch circuits for switching the connection between the I/O ports and memory cell arrays, selecting either default memory cell arrays of the I/O ports or their adjacent memory cell arrays, including the redundant memory cell array.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device includes a redundancy circuit having upper address bit input terminals receiving upper address bit, lower address bit input terminals receiving lower address bits, a regular memory cell array having a plurality of word lines and bit lines, and a plurality of memory cells are arranged at each intersection of the word and bit lines. A redundancy memory cell array is provided having a plurality of word and bit lines, and a plurality of memory cells are arranged at each intersection of the word and bit lines. The capacity of the redundancy memory cell array being smaller than the regular memory cell array. A first selection circuit selects a word or bit line in the regular memory cell array in accordance with the upper and lower address bits. A second selection circuit select a word or bit line in the redundancy memory cell array in accordance with the lower address bits. A redundancy address programming circuit programs the upper address bits corresponding to defective memory cells in the regular memory cell array. A control circuit compares the input upper address bits with the programmed upper address bits and controls the first and second selection circuits to inhibit the selection of the word or bit lines in the regular memory cell array. A predetermined word or bit line in the redundancy memory cell array is selected therefor when each of the input upper address bits coincides with each of the programmed upper address bits.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device comprising a regular cell array that includes a regular memory cell to which one of a first power supply voltage and a second power supply voltage is supplied and to which a third power supply voltage is supplied, a redundant cell array that includes a redundant memory cell to which one of the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage is supplied and to which the third power supply voltage is supplied, and a power supply control circuit that controls supply of the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage to the regular cell array and the redundant cell array, wherein a difference between the second power supply voltage and the third power supply voltage is smaller than a difference between the first power supply voltage and the third power supply voltage.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device comprising a regular cell array that includes a regular memory cell to which one of a first power supply voltage and a second power supply voltage is supplied and to which a third power supply voltage is supplied, a redundant cell array that includes a redundant memory cell to which one of the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage is supplied and to which the third power supply voltage is supplied, and a power supply control circuit that controls supply of the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage to the regular cell array and the redundant cell array, wherein a difference between the second power supply voltage and the third power supply voltage is smaller than a difference between the first power supply voltage and the third power supply voltage.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory including a sense amplifier circuit for reading the data stored in memory cells and particularly to a semiconductor memory including a self-timing circuit for improving margin for reading data by controlling activation timing of the sense amplifier drive signal in accordance with characteristics of internal memory cells.