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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1996
Satoshi Eto, Kawasaki, JP;
Masato Matsumiya, Kawasaki, JP;
Shusaku Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshikazu Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideki Kano, Kawasaki, JP;
Ayako Kitamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuhiro Higashiho, Kasugai, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a core area formed of memory blocks each having a relaxed sense amplifier arrangement, a data bus including data bus lines corresponding to the memory blocks, a plurality of input/output terminals provided in number corresponding to the data bus lines forming the data bus, and a data path switch circuit provided between the data bus the input/output terminals for providing interconnection paths between the input/output terminals and the data bus lines, wherein the data path switch circuit switches a part of the interconnection paths in response to a switch control signal such that the input/output terminals are connected respectively to predetermined memory cells located at respective, predetermined physical locations in any of the memory blocks.