Column redundancy circuit
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorHa Ryong Yoon
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AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorHa Ryong Yoon
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A column redundancy circuit for a semiconductor memory device, includes a plurality of DQ region units each including a memory cell array unit having cells sharing a local data bus and a global data bus, a column decoder unit for generating a column decoding signal for selecting one of the cells, a write driver unit for driving input data to the global data bus, and a read sense amp unit for amplifying input data, and transmitting the data to a global I/O line; and a repair region unit being provided at one side of the DQ regions, and consisting of a repair cell array unit having repair cells sharing the local data bus and the global data bus, N column decoder units for generating a column decoding signal for selecting one of the repair cells, N write driver units for driving input data to the repair global data bus, N read sense amp units for amplifying input data, and transmitting the data to the global I/O line, N DQ selection fuse box units for programming information of the DQ region unit having a defect cell, and N multiplexer and demultiplexer units for switching one write driver unit, one read sense amp unit, and the global I/O line according to output signals from the DQ selection fuse box units.
A column redundancy circuit for a semiconductor memory device, comprising:
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