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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2002
Mitsuhiro Abe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kenta Kaneeda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroo Ota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hideo Niki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory includes a group of memory cells arrayed in a matrix, memory cell electric power source lines configured to connect the respective memory cells arrayed in a direction of rows of the group of memory cells of each of the rows, two electric power source terminals configured to be mutually independent, and switches configured to be connected between the memory cell electric power source lines and the two electric power source terminals respectively, to be controlled to turn ON/OFF by a inversion logic operation based on a test mode switching signal for switching to and from a test mode and a normal operation mode, and to connect the memory cell power source line to either of the two electric power source terminals according to the ON/OFF control.
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