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Semiconductor memory device

US6853595B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 2002
Grant dateFeb 8, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor memory device having a plurality of pair cells including a pair of cells for storing ordinary data and auxiliary data in which the operation of one cell in a pair cell can be checked. At normal operation time data can be read from or written to a desired cell by activating two word lines at a time. On the other hand, at operation test time data can be read from or written to only one cell in a pair cell by activating a desired word line.

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