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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Takayuki Iwai, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Mariko Iizuka, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Iwai, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Mariko Iizuka, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of submacros mutually connected via global data lines. Each of the submacros includes a first and a second memory block, and a memory block control circuit arranged between the first and second memory blocks. The memory block control circuit includes a DQ buffer block connected to the first memory block via first complementary data lines and connected to the second memory block via second complementary data lines. It also includes a dynamic data shift redundancy circuit block connected to the DQ buffer block via local data lines and operative to relieve the first and second memory blocks.