JP5374083B2 - 半導体装置 - Google Patents
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Description
(A)メモリセルのセル電流(ドライブトランジスタの駆動電流)がWorstであり、且つ、(B)センスアンプの増幅能力がWorstである、という条件に該当するメモリセル(ビット線)とセンスアンプの組み合わせの箇所にてデータの読み出しを行う時に、動作限界点が最も低下する。
出荷後の製品使用時等に、電源立ち上げ時に前記不揮発性記憶素子に記憶されている情報を、メモリ回路に伝達し、メモリ回路の該当箇所で、ビット線のセンスアンプへの繋ぎ方を切り替える工程を含む。
2 アクセストランジスタ
3 ワード線
4 ビット線(T/B)
5 カラム選択回路
6 IO線(T/B)
7 センスアンプ
8 ラッチ
9 ライトバッファ
10 切替回路
11 差動型センスアンプ
12 イコライズ回路
13 ラッチ回路
14 データ入れ替え回路
15 切断回路
20 スイッチ
30 不揮発性記憶素子
40 テスタ
100 メモリセルアレイ部
101 番地指定回路
102 制御部
103 読み書き回路
Claims (3)
- テストにより検出された、動作限界の低いビット線とセンスアンプの組み合わせを記憶する記憶素子と、
前記記憶素子に記憶されている情報に基づき、選択されたカラムのビット線の正転(True)と反転(Bar)とを、差動型のセンスアンプの正転(True)と反転(Bar)とに順接続するか、又は、前記差動型のセンスアンプの反転(Bar)と正転(True)とに逆接続する回路を備えた、ことを特徴とする半導体装置。 - テストにより検出された、動作限界の低いビット線とセンスアンプの組み合わせを記憶素子に記憶しておき、
前記記憶素子に記憶されている情報に基づき、選択されたカラムのビット線の正転(True)と反転(Bar)とを、差動型のセンスアンプの正転(True)端子と反転(Bar)端子に順接続するか、又は、前記差動型のセンスアンプの反転(Bar)と正転(True)とに逆接続する、ことを特徴とする半導体装置の制御方法。 - 製品出荷前のテストにより、メモリセルとセンスアンプの組み合わせで、どの箇所で動作限界が低いかを検出し、検出した情報を、不揮発性記憶素子に記憶させる工程と、
出荷後の製品使用時に、前記不揮発性記憶素子に記憶されている情報を、メモリ回路に伝達し、メモリ回路の該当箇所で、前記不揮発性記憶素子に記憶されている情報に基づき、選択されたカラムのビット線の正転(True)と反転(Bar)とを、差動型のセンスアンプの正転(True)端子と反転(Bar)端子とに順接続するか、又は、前記差動型のセンスアンプの反転(Bar)端子と正転(True)端子とに逆接続する工程を含む、ことを特徴とする請求項2記載の半導体装置の制御方法。
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| JP2008186259A JP5374083B2 (ja) | 2008-07-17 | 2008-07-17 | 半導体装置 |
| US12/458,506 US8014212B2 (en) | 2008-07-17 | 2009-07-14 | Semiconductor device and control method thereof |
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| JP5374083B2 true JP5374083B2 (ja) | 2013-12-25 |
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