摘要:
A boosting circuit is provided applicable in various semiconductor integrated circuits such as a word line boosting circuit in a semiconductor memory. Because a backgate electrode of a PMOS transistor connected between power supply potential and an output node is connected to the output node, the output node is precharged to the Vcc level during a boosting term. Therefore, the boosting condition by a MOS capacitor is alleviated in comparison with a conventional boosting circuit. Proper boosting operation can be carried out even at a lower level of a supplied power supply voltage. Therefore, operable margin of power supply voltage is enlarged.
摘要:
A spare Y decoder is provided with MOS transistors 14 and 20 for charge on both sides of a parasitic resistor 19. As a result, nodes N1 and N2 are rapidly charged by the MOS transistors 20 and 14 for charge, respectively.
摘要:
A variable delay line receives and delays a data strobe signal transferred from a data source side in synchronization with a transfer data by a predetermined period, and produces a delayed data strobe signal and the non-delayed data strobe signal to a detector. The detector determines that a preamble period ends and effective data is transferred, when the delayed data strobe signal is at the L level at the time of rising of the non-delayed data strobe signal from the L level to the H level. According to a result of detection, an interface circuit unit takes in the transfer data and initializes a take-in address. The data strobe signal changes to a high-impedance state when a postamble ends. An influence of a glitch noise is avoided upon this change of the data strobe signal, and the data transfer can be executed fast and accurately.
摘要:
A data input/output circuit includes an S/P data conversion circuit which converts serial data input to a data terminal into a parallel data and transmits the parallel data to write data lines, a P/S data conversion circuit which converts parallel data on read data lines to serial data and outputs the serial data to the data terminal, and an input/output test circuit placed between the write data lines and the read data lines. The input/output test circuit responds to an input/output test signal to directly transfer data on the write data lines respectively to the read data lines without passing them through a memory cell array.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks, i main row or column select lines extending over the plurality of memory blocks, and a decoder for selecting one of the main row or column select lines in accordance with an applied address signal. The decoder includes i outputs. Each of the memory blocks includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns and at least (i+1) sub row or column select lines each for selecting one row or one column of memory cells. A shift redundancy circuit is provided for each of the memory blocks, for connecting the main row or column select line and the sub row or column select line. The shift redundancy circuit includes a switch circuit for connecting one main row or column select line to one of the plurality of adjacent sub row or column select lines, and a circuit for setting a connection path of the switch circuit. The shift redundancy circuit connects successively adjacent sub row or column select lines to main row or column select lines in one to one correspondence except a defective sub row or column select line associated with a defective bit.
摘要:
A variable delay line receives and delays a data strobe signal transferred from a data source side in synchronization with a transfer data by a predetermined period, and produces a delayed data strobe signal and the non-delayed data strobe signal to a detector. The detector determines that a preamble period ends and effective data is transferred, when the delayed data strobe signal is at the L level at the time of rising of the non-delayed data strobe signal from the L level to the H level. According to a result of detection, an interface circuit unit takes in the transfer data and initializes a take-in address. The data strobe signal changes to a high-impedance state when a postamble ends. An influence of a glitch noise is avoided upon this change of the data strobe signal, and the data transfer can be executed fast and accurately.
摘要:
A variable delay line receives and delays a data strobe signal transferred from a data source side in synchronization with a transfer data by a predetermined period, and produces a delayed data strobe signal and the non-delayed data strobe signal to a detector. The detector determines that a preamble period ends and effective data is transferred, when the delayed data strobe signal is at the L level at the time of rising of the non-delayed data strobe signal from the L level to the H level. According to a result of detection, an interface circuit unit takes in the transfer data and initializes a take-in address. The data strobe signal changes to a high-impedance state when a postamble ends. An influence of a glitch noise is avoided upon this change of the data strobe signal, and the data transfer can be executed fast and accurately.
摘要:
In a memory cell array, data lines are formed into a hierarchical arrangement of sub data lines provided for every block and a main data line common to each block, and a sub data line selected by a column address among sub data lines belonging a block which are simultaneously selected by a row address is connected to a bit line. Accordingly, the sub data line length is reduced, which reduces floating capacitance, reading and writing operations can be conducted at a high speed, and sub data lines can be selectively operated. In addition, power required for charging the sub data lines can be reduced, and entire power consumption by the semiconductor memory device can be reduced as well.
摘要:
Column repairing circuits 7a, 7b for repairing a DRAM in which there are defective memory cells in two columns are disclosed. The connection state of switching elements or circuits 51-5n, 61-6n, 71-7 (n+1), 81-8 (n+1) is determined as illustrated by appropriately disconnecting fuses in fuse links provided respectively in circuits 7a, 7b. Accordingly, column selecting lines Y2a and Y (n+1) b in memory array blocks 891a, 891b are not activated. The two repairing circuits 7a, 7b are provided spaced apart from each other on a semiconductor substrate, so that excessive concentration of fuse elements and switching elements or circuits is prevented.
摘要:
Each SLDRAM tests a built in memory section in response to a test execution command supplied from a memory controller and sends a defective address to memory controller. Memory controller stores the defective address of each SLDRAM and accesses only to a normal address and does not access to the defective address. The rate of memory capacity decrease of a main memory can be suppressed compared with a conventional technique where an SLDRAM having a defective address is not accessed.