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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuhiko Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518901 ; 36518905 ; 36523008 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit incorporating DRAM 2 and a logic circuit 3 includes a vector generating circuit 40 formed on the common substrate. Upon a burn-in process, the vector generating circuit 40 and a refresh counter and control circuit 23 are activated to generate addresses, commands and data required for activating DRAM 2. In this manner, DRAM 2 and the logic circuit 3 can be activated independently, simultaneously, and the time required for the burn-in process can be reduced.