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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/18 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/10 (2013.01); G11C 7/06 (2013.01); G11C 7/18 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a memory array arranged in a matrix, a plurality of word lines provided corresponding to memory cell rows, a word driver for driving one of the plurality of word lines, a plurality of row select lines connected to the word driver, and a row decoder for outputting a row select signal to the plurality of row select lines based on input row address information. According to the embodiment, the semiconductor device can detect a failure of the address decoder in a simple method.