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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Tomohiro Kawakubo, Kokubunji, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohiro Kawakubo, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor memory has a memory cell array having a plurality of real word lines, a plurality of redundant word lines, a plurality of bit lines crossing with the real and redundant word lines, a plurality of memory cells provided at crossing section of the real and redundant word lines and the bit lines, and a row selection circuit for selecting the real word line or the redundant word line in accordance with a row address being supplied. The row selection circuit selects the real word line or the redundant word line at an ordinary operation, and multi-selects the redundant word lines at a first test mode.