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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1996

Filed:

Apr. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mikio Sakurai, Hyogo, JP;

Kenji Tokami, Hyogo, JP;

Kazuhiro Sakemi, Hyogo, JP;

Yutaka Ikeda, Hyogo, JP;

Yoshinori Inoue, Hyogo, JP;

Takeshi Kajimoto, Hyogo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523008 ; 36518911 ; 36523006 ; 326106 ; 326108 ; 326121 ;
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device includes a pull up circuit (811) for pulling up a potential of a first node (812), a pull down circuit (813) for pulling down the potential of the first node, an inverter circuit (814b) having its input connected to a first input node (814a) connected to the first node (812) and its output connected to a first output node (814c) and operating with a boosted potential Vpp, and a p channel MOS transistor (814d) connected between a boosted potential node (50c) and the first input node (814a), with its gate electrode connected to the first output node (814c). The memory device provides a signal having a higher level than the supply potential with smaller area of layout.


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