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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Yoshiro Riho, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromasa Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Sakuma, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a memory cell array that is divided into a plurality of memory cell mats by a plurality of sense amplifier arrays. Each of the plurality of memory cell mats includes a plurality of word lines and a test circuit for performing a test control to activate, at one time, a plurality of word lines included in each of a plurality of selected memory cell mats that are not disposed adjacent each other in the plurality of memory cell mats. The memory cell mats with the plurality of activated word lines are distributed. Therefore, the load applied to a driver circuit for driving word lines and the load applied to a power supply circuit for supplying an operation voltage to the driver circuit are reduced.