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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1994
Filed:
May. 11, 1993
Kazunari Inoue, Hyogo, JP;
Toshiyuki Ogawa, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device having flash write mode and initialized mode functions includes a flash write signal generation circuit for generating flash write signals FW and /FW, and a plurality of switching circuits 30 each provided corresponding to one row in a memory cell arrays MA. The switching circuit 30 applies fixed data '0' or '1' to a memory cell connected to one row selected by a row decoder 10, in response to the flash write signal FW or /FW. Because it is not necessary to activate a column decoder when the flash write or the initialized mode operation is conducted, writing speed can be increased while power consumption can be reduced.