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Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2013
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;

Inventor:

Hiromitsu Komai, Kamakura, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sense amplifier circuit is divided into a plurality of sense amplifier groups. The plurality of sense amplifier groups are each further divided into a plurality of sense units. A sense amplifier control circuit is configured to sequentially select the plurality of sense amplifier groups according to a physical address, and to sequentially select the plurality of sense units included in a selected sense amplifier group. The sense amplifier control circuit is configured to, when there is a defect related to a selected sense unit in a selected first sense amplifier group, select, in place of the first sense amplifier group, a sense unit included in a second sense amplifier group selected following after the first sense amplifier group. 139463


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