US5390150A
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Semiconductor memory device with redundancy structure suppressing power consumption
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-08-25
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Granted: 1995-02-14
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Expires: 2012-08-25
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor memory device with a redundancy circuit comprising fuses for selectively blocking the supply of the power voltage to the bit line pair, in order to minimize the power consumption originated from the contacting of the bit line to ground caused by a processing failure on the bit lines in stand-by state even though a column replacement is performed.
Inventors
- 👤 Choong-keun Kwak
- 👤 Seung-Keun Lee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 07:40
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C29/00; G11C29/70; G11C29/78; G11C29/785; G11C29/83; G11C29/832
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
A semiconductor memory device having a number of divided memory blocks, comprising: first memory means receiving a row address for driving a given word line belonging to a given memory block; second means receiving a column address for driving a given pair of bit lines among a plurality of bit line pairs connected to the driven word line; means for maintaining and transmitting information in a memory cell accessed by said driven word line and bit line pair in accordance with a control signal; blocking means for blocking supply of a power voltage to said bit line pair when maintaining said information, said blocking means comprising at least one fuse connected to said power voltage; a first transistor pair having channels connected between said bit line pair and said fuse and selectively operating in response to a given pulse; a resistance connected between said power voltage and one terminal of said fuse, another terminal of said fuse being connected to receive said pulse; a second transistor pair having gates connected with a node formed by said resistance and said fuse and channels, one terminal of said channel being connected to said power voltage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
193 words
A semiconductor memory device having a number of divided memory blocks, comprising: first memory means receiving a row address for driving a given word line belonging to a given memory block; second means receiving a column address for driving a given pair of bit lines among a plurality of bit line pairs connected to the driven word line; means for maintaining and transmitting information in a memory cell accessed by said driven word line and bit line pair in accordance with a control signal; blocking means for blocking supply of a power voltage to said bit line pair when maintaining said information, said blocking means comprising at least one fuse connected to said power voltage; a first transistor pair having channels connected between said bit line pair and said fuse and selectively operating in response to a given pulse; a resistance connected between said power voltage and one terminal of said fuse, another terminal of said fuse being connected to receive said pulse; a second transistor pair having gates connected with a node formed by said resistance and said fuse and channels, one terminal of said channel being connected to said power voltage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a third transistor pair having channels between said power voltage and a first and second bit line of said bit line pair, and gates connected to said second and first bit line connected to said second transistor pair, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
98 words
A semiconductor memory device having a number of divided memory blocks and a redundancy memory block, said divided memory blocks having at least one defective cell, said redundancy memory block having a spare cell replacing said defective cell, said device comprising: word line and bit line pairs connected to said spare cell; a first MOS transistor pair connected between said bit line pair and a power voltage for precharging a potential between said bit line pair; and control means for controlling transmitting of the power voltage level through said first MOS transistor pair to said bit line pair.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
98 words
A semiconductor memory device having a number of divided memory blocks and a redundancy memory block, said divided memory blocks having at least one defective cell, said redundancy memory block having a spare cell replacing said defective cell, said device comprising: word line and bit line pairs connected to said spare cell; a first MOS transistor pair connected between said bit line pair and a power voltage for precharging a potential between said bit line pair; and control means for controlling transmitting of the power voltage level through said first MOS transistor pair to said bit line pair.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said control means comprises at least one fuse, whereby, when maintaining information in said spare cell, said fuse is electrically disconnected from said power voltage.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a high resistance connected in series between said control means and said power voltage, a cross point formed by said high resistance and said control means being connected to gates of said first MOS transistor pair.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a PMOS transistor pair having channels formed between a first and second bit line of said bit line pairs and said power voltage, and having gates connected to said second and first bit lines, respectively.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
A semiconductor memory device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a PMOS transistor pair having channels formed between a first and second bit line of said bit line pairs and said power voltage, and having gates connected to said second and first bit lines, respectively.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
162 words
A semiconductor memory device having a number of divided memory blocks, comprising: first memory means receiving a row address for driving a given word line belonging to a given memory block; second means receiving a column address for driving a given pair of bit lines among a plurality of bit line pairs connected to the driven word line; means for maintaining and transmitting information in a memory cell accessed by said driven word line and bit line pair in accordance with a control signal; blocking means for blocking supply of a power voltage to said bit line pair when maintaining said information, said blocking means comprising at least one fuse connected to said power voltage; a first transistor pair having channels connected between said bit line pair and said fuse and selectively operating in response to a given pulse; a second transistor pair having channels connected between said fuse and said bit line pair, and having gates connected to a ground voltage.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
162 words
A semiconductor memory device having a number of divided memory blocks, comprising: first memory means receiving a row address for driving a given word line belonging to a given memory block; second means receiving a column address for driving a given pair of bit lines among a plurality of bit line pairs connected to the driven word line; means for maintaining and transmitting information in a memory cell accessed by said driven word line and bit line pair in accordance with a control signal; blocking means for blocking supply of a power voltage to said bit line pair when maintaining said information, said blocking means comprising at least one fuse connected to said power voltage; a first transistor pair having channels connected between said bit line pair and said fuse and selectively operating in response to a given pulse; a second transistor pair having channels connected between said fuse and said bit line pair, and having gates connected to a ground voltage.
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