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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
May. 27, 1994
Hiroyuki Yoshida, Ryugasaki, JP;
Takashi Inui, Tshuchiura, JP;
Shigeki Numaga, Ami-machi, JP;
Kiyoshi Nakai, Ohme, JP;
Yukihide Suzuki, Akishima, JP;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Hitachi, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device having reserve bit lines or word lines for replacing defective bit lines or word lines which can increase a defect relief probability and improve an operational margin. The reserve bit lines or word lines are provided approximately in a central portion of a memory mat. Because of a low probability of defect occurrence in the reserve word lines or bit lines, the probability of defect occurrence can be made low when a defective word line or bit line is replaced with a reserve word line or bit line.