摘要:
The semiconductor device comprises: an internal supply voltage deboosting circuit for inputting an external supply voltage, deboosting the inputted external supply voltage, and outputting a deboosted voltage as an internal supply voltage; a first control circuit for deactivating the internal supply voltage deboosting circuit when the external supply voltage is lower than a predetermined value; and a second control circuit for outputting the external supply voltage as the internal supply voltage when the external supply voltage is lower than the predetermined value. When the external supply voltage is lower than a predetermined value, since the internal supply voltage deboosting circuit is deactivated by the first control circuit, the current consumption can be reduced. Further, since the external supply voltage is outputted as the internal supply voltage by the second control circuit, the deboosting operation is not required. The device is usable for different external supply voltages in spite of the same circuit configuration, while preventing the operational margin from being deteriorated.
摘要:
In a semiconductor memory device having plural pairs of bit lines and plural sense amplifiers, a gate electrode of a sense amplifier transistor for sensing potential of a first side of a first bit line pair is formed with an extension portion extending under and along the first side of a second bit line pair. A capacitance C.sub.B formed between the extension of the gate electrode and the first side of the second bit line pair is determined to be equal or larger than capacitance C.sub.A formed between the first side of the first bit line pair and the gate electrode. Since the potential of the first side of the bit line pair fluctuates roughly in phase with that of the second side of the same bit line pair, a harmful influence due to interference noise can be reduced, without increasing the chip layout area, by only modifying the shapes of the gate electrodes of the sense amplifier transistors.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device including a memory cell array, bit lines, and sense amplifier groups. The memory cell array is composed of a plurality of memory cells arranged roughly in a matrix pattern. A plurality of the memory cells arranged in a row are activated in response to a row address decode signal. A pair of the bit lines are provided for each column. The data of the corresponding activated memory cells are transmitted to the bit line pair. Each of the sense amplifier groups has n-units of sense amplifiers each connected to the bit line pair, to sense and amplify data read to the bit line pair connected thereto. The respective reference potential terminals of the sense amplifiers of each of the sense amplifier groups are connected to a single common node which can be connected to a reference potential via a sense amplifier activating transistor turned on in response to a row address signal. The sense amplifiers can be operated at high speed, while preventing erroneous operation, because the wiring resistances and the parasitic capacitances of the common source node of the sense amplifiers can be reduced.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device including a memory cell array, bit lines, and sense amplifier groups. The memory cell array is composed of a plurality of memory cells arranged roughly in a matrix pattern. A plurality of the memory cells arranged in a row are activated in response to a row address decode signal. A pair of the bit lines are provided for each column. The data of the corresponding activated memory cells are transmitted to the bit line pair. Each of the sense amplifier groups has n-units of sense amplifiers each connected to the bit line pair, to sense and amplify data read to the bit line pair connected thereto. The respective reference potential terminals of the sense amplifiers of each of the sense amplifier groups are connected to a single common node which can be connected to a reference potential via a sense amplifier activating transistor turned on in response to a row address signal. The sense amplifiers can be operated at high speed, while preventing erroneous operation, because the wiring resistances and the parasitic capacitances of the common source node of the sense amplifiers can be reduced.
摘要:
An semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit having first and second circuit sections formed on a semiconductor chip, at least one voltage stress testing pad formed on the semiconductor chip for supplying a voltage stress testing voltage or signal to the first circuit section, and a control circuit formed on the semiconductor chip for controlling and setting the second circuit section into a state corresponding to a voltage stress testing mode by using an input from the voltage stress testing pads.
摘要:
A semiconductor device comprises a rectangular semiconductor chip provided with an integrated circuit, and a plurality of voltage stress examination pads formed on the semiconductor chip for applying stress examination voltage to the integrated circuit, and having the same function, wherein the voltage stress examination pads are provided on opposite sides of the semiconductor chip.
摘要:
A dynamic random access memory according to the present invention comprises a voltage stress test pad to which a stress voltage is externally applied when a voltage stress test is carried out, transistors which turn off when the stress voltage is not applied to the voltage stress test pad and which, when the stress voltage is applied thereto, transmit the stress voltage to more word lines than those selected in response to an external address signal in a normal operation mode, and a noise killer control circuit for turning off a noise killer circuit connected to a word line to which the stress voltage is applied when the voltage stress test is carried out.
摘要:
A DRAM according to the invention has noise-eliminating circuits. Each of the circuits has an output side thereof connected to a corresponding word line. At the time of a voltage stress examination, each of the circuits is controlled to be in an on-state thereby transmitting a voltage stress, input an input side thereof, to the word line. At the time of normal operation, the input side of the circuit is connected to an earth node, and each of the circuits is turned on and off in accordance with a signal output from a corresponding one of word line-selecting circuits or with the level of a corresponding one of the word lines.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a level shift circuit includes a plurality of level shift units which are connected to each other and in which the delay time of the rising edge of an output voltage is different from the delay time of the falling edge of the output voltage. The delay time of the rising edge of the output voltage from the previous level shift unit is compensated by the delay time of the falling edge of the output voltage from the next level shift unit, and the delay time of the falling edge of the output voltage from the previous level shift unit is compensated by the delay time of the rising edge of the output voltage from the next level shift unit.
摘要:
An output buffer circuit in accordance with an embodiment comprises a plurality of buffer circuits, each of the buffer circuits including a transistor operative to change an output signal of an output terminal in response to a change in an input signal, the output buffer circuit being configured to enable the plurality of buffer circuits to be driven selectively. Each of the plurality of buffer circuits includes a plurality of output transistors having respective current paths formed in parallel to one another between a fixed voltage terminal supplying a certain fixed voltage and an output terminal, and being selectively rendered in an operable state in accordance with a control signal provided from external. The plurality of output transistors included in each of the plurality of buffer circuits are formed having a certain size ratio.