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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Seung-wook Kwack, Ichon-shi, KR;
Kwan-weon Kim, Ichon-shi, KR;
Seung-Wook Kwack, Ichon-shi, KR;
Kwan-Weon Kim, Ichon-shi, KR;
Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., Ichon-shi, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device is capable of testifying over-driving quantity depending on position. A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of in-bank over-drivers for temporarily applying a high voltage to a normal power that is supplied to a memory array cell within a bank; a plurality of out-bank over-drivers arranged outside the bank for temporarily applying the high voltage to the normal power that is supplied to the bank; a plurality of PERI over-drivers arranged at the peripheral area for temporarily applying the high voltage to the normal power; a mode register set for receiving a signal to select one of the over-drivers; and a decoder activated in response to a test mode signal for decoding the set value of the MRS to selectively drive the over-driver arranged at a desired position and having desired driving power among the in-bank and out-bank over-drivers and the PERI over-drivers.