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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:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Sugamoto, Kasugai, JP;
Yasushige Ogawa, Kasugai, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a semiconductor memory device with a shift redundancy circuit which has a shortened redundancy operation. The semiconductor memory device of the present invention includes a plurality of shift switches and a changeover signal generating circuit connected to the shift switches. The changeover signal generating circuit may have a plurality of signal generating blocks including a first signal generating block for generating a first group of changeover signals and a second signal generating block for generating a second group of changeover signals.