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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Yoshinobu Yamagami, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Yamagami, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of word lines including one or more redundant word lines; a plurality of pairs of bit lines; a plurality of memory cells connected to the above-mentioned plurality of word lines and the above-mentioned plurality of pairs of bit lines; a plurality of word-line drivers, each of which is connected to respective one ends of the above-mentioned plurality of word lines and controlled by a plurality of word-line control signals; and a plurality of first word-line control circuits respectively located at the other ends of the above-mentioned plurality of word lines, each of the above-mentioned plurality of first word-line control circuits receiving a signal level of a corresponding one of the above-mentioned plurality of word lines.