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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1994
Seung-Cheol Oh, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A row redundancy circuit for use in a semiconductor memory device having one memory cell array, and first and second main row decoders and first and second spare row decoders formed on both sides of the memory cell array includes a first fuse box for receiving addresses and, during the occurrence of a defective address out of the received addresses, cutting a fuse on an input path of the defective address, thereby to supply an output signal to the first spare row decoder, a second fuse box for receiving addresses and, during the occurrence of a defective address out of the received addresses, cutting a fuse on an input path of the defective address, thereby to supply an output signal to the second spare row decoder, and a row redundancy control circuit for receiving the output signals of the first and second fuse boxes and selectively supplying an output signal responsive to the received input signal level to the first and second spare row decoders.