Semiconductor integrated circuit with multi test
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorsShin-Ho Chu, Jong-Won Lee
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Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a multi-mode control signal generating unit configured to control an activation of a up/down mat I/O switch control signal, which controls I/O switches in a up/down mat, according to a multi-test mode signal and a read/write discriminating signal, a multi-mode decoder configured to output multi-mat select signals to simultaneously activate a plurality of mats according to a multi-test mode active write signal, and a mat controller configured to enable word lines and the I/O switches according to the up/down mat I/O switch control signal and the multi-mat select signals.
Claims19
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
- a memory cell array area having a plurality of mats, wherein the plurality of mats are divided into up mats and down mats positioned below the up mats;
- a multi-mode control signal generating unit configured to control an activation of up and down mat I/O switch control signals, which control I/O switches in the up and down mats, according to a multi-test mode signal and a read/write discriminating signal;
- a multi-mode decoder configured to output multi-mat select signals to simultaneously activate a plurality of mats according to a multi-test mode active write signal;
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- a mat controller configured to enable word lines and the I/O switches according to the up and down mat I/O switch control signals and the multi-mat select signals,
- wherein the multi-mode control signal generating unit enables one of the up mat I/O switch control signal and the down mat I/O switch control signal in response to an up and down mat information address signal, when the multi-test mode signal is enabled and the read/write discriminating signal is at a first voltage level, and enables both the up mat I/O switch control signal and the down mat I/O switch control signal regardless of the up and down mat information address signal, when the read/write discriminating signal is at a second voltage level.
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