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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jei-Hwan Yoo, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 2/900 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device having a master fuse circuit, and an address storage and decoding circuit. The address storage and decoding circuit stores address information to assign a defective main cell of main cells, and receives current address information in response to switch control signals. During a burn-in test mode for the main cells, the master fuse circuit generates the switch control signals in response to a bum-in test signal indicating the bum-in test, for shutting the address information off not to be provided to the address storage and decoding circuit, regardless of a connected state of the master fuse.