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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:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ryuji Mano, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
The semiconductor memory device capable of performing a repair using only the fuses for programming a defective address is provided. The semiconductor memory device is provided with at least two replacement programming circuits. Each replacement programming circuit includes a programming circuit for programming a defective address. An output of each replacement programming circuit is used as a signal for indicating whether to perform or not to perform a replacement. A word line that cannot be repaired by one replacement programming circuit is repaired using an output from another replacement programming circuit.