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Semiconductor integrated circuit device

US5440521A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateAug 19, 1993
Grant dateAug 8, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C5/025
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit device constituted by a plurality of sets each of which having a pair of memory mats and each memory mat having a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix and a sense amplifier, I/O lines for transmitting signals provided by the sense amplifiers, selecting circuitry for selecting either a condition for sending out the signals provided by the sense amplifiers on the I/O lines or a condition for not sending out the same on the I/O lines, and Y-selection lines for transmitting the selection signals. A decoder connected with selection is disposed substantially at the middle of the Y-selection lines. X- and Y-address buffers are disposed close to each other nearer to the center of the chip than X- and Y-redundant circuits. A reference voltage generating circuit is disposed nearer to the edge of the chip than an output buffer circuit. A relief selecting circuit of each memory mat is formed adjacent to a redundant line selecting circuits included in the same memory mat. At least some of wiring lines connected to each sense amplifier are formed in a wiring layer in which Y-selection lines are formed. The Y-selection lines are extended in gaps betwee…

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