Static information storage and retrieval – Read/write circuit – Bad bit
Patent
1995-02-16
1997-02-11
Nguyen, Viet Q.
Static information storage and retrieval
Read/write circuit
Bad bit
36518509, 36518511, 36518907, 36523003, 36523002, 371 102, 371 103, G11C 700
Patent
active
056027869
ABSTRACT:
A method for programming redundancy registers in a column redundancy integrated circuitry for a semiconductor memory device with columns of memory elements grouped together to form portions of a bi-dimensional array of memory elements. The column redundancy circuitry comprises a plurality of non-volatile memory registers wherein each register is associated with a respective redundancy column of redundancy memory elements and each register is programmable to store an address of a defective column and an identifying code for identifying the portion of the bi-dimensional array to which the defective column belongs. When being programmed, each non-volatile memory register is supplied with column address signals and with a first subset of row address signals. The column address signals carry the address of a defective column and the first subset of row address signals carry the identifying code. One signal of a second subset of the row address signals is used to select one non-volatile memory register among the plurality of registers such that the defective column address and the identifying code carried by the column address signals and by the first subset of the row address signals are programmed into the selected non-volatile memory register. Using existing column and row address lines to program the redundancy memory registers reduces the need to generate dedicated on-chip signals, thereby minimizing the size of the memory device.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5272672 (1993-12-01), Ogihara
Olivo Marco
Pascucci Luigi
Ahn Harry K.
Carlson David V.
Nguyen Viet Q.
SGS--Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
Tran Andrew Q.
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