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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
Makoto Ihara, Sakurai, JP;
Toshio Mimoto, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device including a write protect information element for storing write permit information or write protect information for a word line or a bit line, and a write protect detection element for outputting a write permit or protect signal to a write circuit in accordance with the information stored in the write protect information element for the word line or bit line selected by a row decoder or a column decoder. When the write circuit receives a write protect signal output from the write protect detection means in the case that the write protect information means stores write protect information, the write circuit does not output a data signal.