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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2015
Katsuyuki Fujita, Seoul, KR;
Katsuyuki Fujita, Seoul, KR;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first word lines connected to a memory cell array, second word lines connected to a redundancy area, a first row decoder configured to perform selecting from the first word lines based on a row address, a judgment circuit configured to determine whether or not a replacement operation with the redundancy area is needed based on a redundancy address included in the row address, and a second row decoder configured to perform selecting from the second word lines. The row address includes a first row address and a second row address input in order in a time-sharing method. The first row address includes all of the redundancy address.