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Semiconductor memory device and defect remedying method thereof

US5579256A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 1995
Grant dateNov 26, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S257/908
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Herein disclosed is a semiconductor memory device, in which peripheral circuits are arranged in a cross area of a semiconductor chip composed of the longitudinal center portions and the transverse center portions, and in which memory arrays are arranged in the four regions which are divided by the cross area. Thanks to this structure in which the peripheral circuits are arranged at the center portion of the chip, the longest signal transmission paths can be shortened to about one half of the chip size to speed up the DRAM which is intended to have a large storage capacity.

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