Semiconductor memory device capable of detecting memory cell having little margin
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshinori Inoue
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Abstract
A semiconductor memory device has pads, a source voltage supplying circuit, and a memory cell array. The source voltage supplying circuit includes an output node, a switching circuit, and a node. In a normal operation mode, the switching circuit is turned off, and the source voltage supplying circuit supplies a ground voltage supplied from the pad directly to the memory cell array. In a test mode, the switching circuit is turned on, and the source voltage supplying circuit supplies the ground voltage applied from the pad to the memory cell array via an impedance. As a result, a memory cell having little margin can be easily detected.
Claims17
A semiconductor memory device comprising:
- a memory cell array for inputting/outputting data;
- and
- a source voltage supplying circuit for supplying an internal source voltage for performing a sensing operation of amplifying read data read from a memory cell included in said memory cell array in response to a logic level of said read data,
- said memory cell array includes:
- a plurality of memory cells;
- a plurality of bit line pairs provided in correspondence with said plurality of memory cells;
- a plurality of equalizing circuits provided in correspondence with said plurality of bit line pairs, for equalizing said bit line pair to a precharge voltage;
- and
- a plurality of sense amplifiers provided in correspondence with said plurality of bit line pairs, for increasing a voltage on one of bit lines of said bit line pair to a memory array voltage and decreasing a voltage on the other of said bit line pair to a ground voltage in response to the logic level of said read data in said sensing operation,
- wherein in a normal operation mode, said source voltage supplying circuit supplies said internal source voltage directly to said memory cell array and, in a test mode, said source voltage supplying circuit supplies said internal source voltage to said memory cell array via an impedance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.