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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Jae-Hyeong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Yong-sik Seok, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A wafer burn-in test circuit for sensing a defective cell of a semiconductor memory device having a plurality of memory cells connected to a word line and a row decoder for selecting the word line. The burn-in test includes a word line driver circuit having an input coupled to a row decoding signal generated by the row decoder, and an ouput coupled to the word line, a control circuit having a first input coupled to a burn-in voltage signal, and a second input coupled to a control signal, and an electrical line connected between the word line driver circuit and the control circuit. In a normal mode of operation, the word line driver circuit is responsive to the row decoding signal for raising the word line to an enable voltage level. In a burn-in test mode of operation, the control circuit is responsive to the control signal for applying a burn-in voltage to the word line via the electrical line and the word line driver circuit.