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Patent No.:

US 8593895 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Shinichi Takayama, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shinichi Takayama, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Elpida Memory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device comprising an array having a hierarchical bit line structure, global bit lines adjacent to each other, local bit lines corresponding to the global bit lines, hierarchical switches, precharge circuits precharging the global bit lines, precharge circuits precharging the local bit lines, and a control circuit. When performing a test of the array, precharge voltages for the global bit lines are set to potentials different from each other, and the control circuit controls the potentials to be applied to the local bit lines through the global bit lines and the hierarchical switches.


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Takayama, Shinichi. (2013). Semiconductor device and control method thereof (U.S. Patent No. 8593895). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8593895

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