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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yuuichi Tatsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenobu Minagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Iwahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Masamichi Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Mizuho Imai, Annaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365200 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device has a redundancy circuit for compensating a defective bit when it occurs in the main memory cells. The redundancy circuit includes spare memory cells, a spare row decoder for selecting the spare memory cells, a first circuit section for inhibiting the use of the main row decoder when the spare row decoder is used, and a second circuit section for selecting the spare row decoder when an address specifying the main row line connected to the defective memory cell is denoted.