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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
Yasuhiro Hotta, Nara, JP;
Shuichiro Kouchi, Tenri, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a main memory section, a redundant memory section, a memory cell selection section, a sensing amplification section, a data replacement section, and a data selection section. The redundant memory section includes a replacement cell data memory section for storing replacement cell data to replace cell data in a prescribed memory cell in the main memory section, and a control signal generation section for generating a control signal based on an input address. The memory cell selection section simultaneously selects prescribed cells as a plurality of memory cells corresponding to a prescribed page in the main memory section based on the input address. The sensing amplification section simultaneously senses cell data corresponding to a selected plurality of memory cells as page data. A supply of the replacement cell data and the control signal from the redundant memory section to the data replacement section is performed in a time period from the time when the input address is determined until a time when the page data to be output from the sensing amplification section is determined.