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US 5,862,086 AGranted
Semiconductor storage device
AssigneesHitachi, Ltd., Texas Instuments Incorporated
InventorsChisa Makimura, Yukihide Suzuki, Shunichi Sukegawa, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Masayuki Hira
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Abstract
A semiconductor storage device is provided with a storage circuit for a faulty address and a plurality of redundant word lines corresponding to the storage circuit. The storage circuit is adapted to store a faulty address required for selecting a redundant word line. The faulty address is compared with an address input at the time of memory access by a comparator. Using a coincidence signal produced from the comparator and a predetermined address signal contained in the input address, a defect relief circuit selects one of the redundant word lines in place of the faulty word line.
Claims20
A semiconductor storage device comprising:
- a plurality of main word lines including a first main word line and a second main word line;
- a plurality of subword lines including a plurality of first subword lines and a plurality of second subword lines;
- a plurality of selection signal lines;
- a plurality of subword line selection circuits including a first subword line selection circuit and a second subword line selection circuit;
- a redundant main word line;
- a plurality of redundant subword lines;
- a redundant subword line selection circuit;
- a plurality of memory cells coupled to said subword lines;
- a plurality of redundant memory cells coupled to said redundant subword lines;
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- a decision circuit including a defect information hold circuit;
- wherein said semiconductor storage device is supplied with a first address signal and a second address signal,
- said first subword line selection circuit is coupled to said selection signal lines, said first main word line and said first subword lines,
- said second subword line selection circuit is coupled to said selection signal lines, said second main word line and said second subword lines,
- said redundant subword line selection circuit is coupled to said selection signal lines, said redundant main word line and said redundant subword lines, and
- said decision circuit is supplied with said first address signal and said second address signal,
- said redundant main word line is selected and a selection signal based on said second address signal is applied to said selection signal line in the case where said defect information hold circuit holds first information and second information and in the case where said decision circuit decides that said first address signal coincides with said first information and that said second address signal coincides with said second information,
- one of said main word lines corresponding to said first address signal is selected and said selection signal based on said second address signal is applied to said selection signal line in the case where said defect information hold circuit holds said first information and said second information and in the case where said decision circuit decides that said first address signal coincides with said first information but that said second address signal fails to coincide with said second information, and
- said redundant main word line is selected and said selection signal based on said second address signal is applied to said selection signal line in the case where said defect information hold circuit holds said first information but not said second information and in the case where said decision circuit decides that said first address signal coincides with said first information.
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A semiconductor storage device comprising:
- a plurality of word lines;
- a plurality of memory cells coupled to said word lines;
- a decoder circuit coupled to said word lines;
- a plurality of redundant word lines;
- a plurality of redundant memory cells coupled to said redundant word lines;
- a redundant decoder circuit coupled to said redundant word lines;
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- a control circuit corresponding to said redundant word lines;
- wherein said decoder circuit is supplied with a plurality of first address signals and a plurality of second address signals,
- said decoder circuit selects one of said word lines on the basis of said first address signals and said second address signals,
- said control circuit includes a first defect address storage circuit and a second defect address storage circuit and outputs a control signal,
- said first defect address storage circuit corresponds to said first address signals and is capable of holding a first defect address corresponding to said first address signals,
- said second defect address storage circuit corresponds to said second address signals and is capable of holding a second defect address corresponding to said second address signals,
- said control circuit outputs said control signal in the case where said control circuit is in a first state and said first address signals coincide with said first defect address signal held in said first defect address storage circuit,
- said control circuit outputs said control signal in the case where said control circuit is in a second state, said first address signals coincide with said first defect address held in said first defect address storage circuit, and said second address signals coincide with said second defect address held in said second defect address storage circuit,
- said redundant decoder circuit is supplied with said second address signals, and
- said redundant decoder circuit selects one of said redundant word lines on the basis of said second address signals upon receipt of said control signal from said control circuit.
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A semiconductor storage device comprising:
- a plurality of word lines;
- a plurality of memory cells coupled to said word lines;
- a decoder circuit coupled to said word lines;
- a plurality of redundant word lines;
- a plurality of redundant memory cells coupled to said redundant word lines;
- a redundant decoder circuit coupled to said redundant word lines;
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- a control circuit corresponding to said redundant word lines;
- wherein said decoder circuit is supplied with a first address signal and a second address signal,
- said decoder circuit selects one of said word lines on the basis of said first address signal and said second address signal,
- said control circuit is supplied with said first address signal and said second address signal and includes a defect address storage circuit adapted to store a first defect address corresponding to said first address signal and a second defect address corresponding to said second address signal,
- said control circuit outputs a control signal upon decision that said first address signal and said second address signal represent defect addresses,
- said redundant decoder circuit is supplied with said second address signal, and
- said redundant decoder circuit selects one of said redundant word lines on the basis of said second address signal upon receipt of said control signal from said control circuit.
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A semiconductor storage device, supplied with first address signals and second address signals, comprising:
- a plurality of main word lines;
- a plurality of sets of subword lines which are provided for said plurality of main word lines, respectively;
- a set of redundant subword lines;
- a decision circuit which holds a first defect information and a second defect information and outputs a detection signal in the case where said first address signals coincide with said first defect information and a predetermined part of said second address signals coincides with said second defect information;
- a plurality of selection signal lines;
- a plurality of sets of subword line drivers, each of which is connected to a corresponding one of said plurality of main word lines and said plurality of selection signal lines;
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- a set of redundant subword line drivers connected to said plurality of selection signal lines;
- wherein one of said main word lines is selected on the basis of said first address signals,
- wherein said plurality of selection signal lines are driven on the basis of said second address signals so that, in conjunction with selection of a predetermined one of said main word lines, one of said subword lines is selected on the basis of said second address signals, and
- wherein one of said redundant subword lines is selected instead of one of said subword lines on the basis of said second address signals in the case where said detection signal is outputted.
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