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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koji Inoue, Ikoma, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365200 ;
Abstract
The semiconductor memory device is provided with a readout mode in which a plurality of word data are read out from a memory cell array as a group and are subjected to a time division operation to be continuously output. The device includes a redundant unit which replaces a bit data of a defective bit present in the respective word data with a replacement data on a basis of the word data during said readout mode, thereby reconfiguring the plurality of word data.