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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2007
Eun-sung Seo, Seoul, KR;
Mi-jo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Soo-young Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor chip and a semiconductor chip package comprising a semiconductor chip. In one embodiment, the invention provides a semiconductor chip comprising a memory cell array, a control circuit, and a chip selection signal generating circuit electrically connected to first and second option pads. In the semiconductor chip, the chip selection signal generating circuit is enabled in accordance with a dual chip enable signal, and the control circuit is enabled and disabled in accordance with the chip selection signal received from the chip selection signal generating circuit. In addition, the chip selection signal generating circuit is adapted to generate a chip selection signal in accordance with signals received through the first and second option pads, respectively.