摘要:
An internal power supply potential generation circuit includes an overcharge prevention circuit connected to an internal power supply node. The overcharge prevention circuit includes a circuit outputting a signal to be determined that is determined by an internal power supply potential, a differential amplification circuit amplifying a difference in potential between the signal to be determined and a reference potential for output to a node as a signal indicating that current should be drawn, and a current draw circuit drawing current from the internal power supply node in response to the signal indicating that current should be drawn. Thus the semiconductor integrated circuit device of interest can provide a steady internal power supply potential.
摘要:
First and second memory banks are provided with M memory blocks each having first and second memory regions, M representing an even number of no less than two, and (M+1) sense amplifier bands arranged on opposite sides of each memory block, and have first and second select lines arranged therefor to select the first and second memory regions, respectively, the first select line being connected to an odd-numbered sense amplifier band of the first memory bank and an even-numbered sense amplifier band of the second memory bank, the second select line being connected to an even-numbered sense amplifier band of the first memory bank and an odd-numbered sense amplifier band of the second memory bank.
摘要:
A first power supply voltage is supplied to a power supply node of a sense amplifier. A bit line driver outputs a column select signal composed of a second power supply voltage to the gate terminals of N channel MOS transistors of a GIO line gate circuit. When input/output data is [1], a third power supply voltage lower than the first power supply voltage is supplied onto a global data line. In this case, with a threshold voltage of N channel MOS transistors used, a relation is established: second power supply voltage≦third power supply voltage+threshold voltage. As a result, a leakage current can be reduced in a semiconductor memory device driven by plural power supply voltages with respective different voltage levels.
摘要:
The antifuse is brought into an electrically conducted state by setting the voltage Vpgm to a high voltage after activating the signal SA and setting the node N1 once to an L-level. By inversion of the latch, the voltage of the node N1 will be the power source voltage Vcc to bring the transistor into a non-conducted state, whereby the electric current flowing through the antifuse is cut off. A semiconductor device can be provided which includes an antifuse program circuit capable of cutting the electric current off after blowing, so as to prevent decrease in the blowing voltage.
摘要:
A memory array is divided into a plurality of memory sub blocks in row and column directions. A column selection line is provided in the column direction in a region between blocks. A block decoding circuit generating a local column selection signal is arranged corresponding to each of the memory sub blocks. A main I/O line pair group is provided for each of the memory sub blocks and each column of the memory sub block is connected to the corresponding main I/O line pair in accordance with the local column selection line. Thus, data with a desired bit width can be produced without any increase in area occupied by the array nor decrease in the speed of column access.
摘要:
In the semiconductor memory device, independent from redundancy determination by a redundancy determining circuit, a word line activating signal (subdecode signal) for setting a word line in a normal block corresponding to a decoded address signal, is activated. A WL driver includes a driver portion for selecting a word line in the normal block, and a driver portion for selecting a spare word line in a redundant block. When redundancy is not to be used as a result of redundancy determination by the redundancy determining circuit, activated subdecode signal is inactivated. If redundancy is to be used as a result of redundancy determination, a corresponding word line is set to the selected state, using the activated subdecode signal. Thus a semiconductor memory device in which substitution can be done at high speed with high efficiency is provided.
摘要:
A memory array is divided into a plurality of memory sub blocks in row and column directions. A column selection line is provided in the column direction in a region between blocks. A block decoding circuit generating a local column selection signal is arranged corresponding to each of the memory sub blocks. A main I/O line pair group is provided for each of the memory sub blocks and each column of the memory sub block is connected to the corresponding main I/O line pair in accordance with the local column selection line. Thus, data with a desired bit width can be produced without any increase in area occupied by the array nor decrease in the speed of column access.
摘要:
A logic portion outputs to a DRAM portion a start address and an end address indicating a memory region where data to be stored is present prior to transition to power down mode having reduced current consumption. In the power down mode, a refresh control unit holds the start address and the end address and controls refresh to be carried out for data only in a region requiring refresh. The power supply of the logic portion is set in off state in the power down mode and accordingly a semiconductor device can consume reduced current while holding data.
摘要:
In write operation and read operation, a plurality of bit lines are divided into first and second bit line groups based on a selected memory cell column in a memory array. The first bit line group is connected to one of first and second voltages and the second bit line group is connected to the other voltage. Accordingly, when a word line corresponding to a selected memory cell is activated, the sources and drains of the non-selected memory cells in the selected memory cell row are set to the same voltage level. Therefore, a charging/discharging current resulting from charging and discharging of each bit line is not generated in response to activation of the word line. This prevents erroneous writing to the non-selected memory cells and delay in read operation caused by generation of the charging/discharging current.
摘要:
A sub-amplifier includes first and second transistors which each receive the potential of a sub-I/O line pair at each gate, a third transistor controlled by a signal transmitted in the memory cell column-direction and coupling the sources of the first and second transistors and a ground potential, and fourth and fifth transistors controlled by a signal transmitted in the memory cell row-direction and coupling the drains of the first and second transistors and a main I/O line pair. Since the sub-amplifier is controlled by a signal transmitted in the column-direction, the influence of skew with a column selecting signal can be reduced.