摘要 |
PURPOSE:To attain highly accurate control by utilizing a dummy word line so as to simulate the level increase at the remotest end of the word line thereby discriminating an optimum level so as to start a word line bootstrap circuit. CONSTITUTION:External address signals AX0-AXn are fetched to an address buffer ADB in synchronizing with a timing signal phiar formed by a row address strobe signal RAS and fed to a row decoder R-DCR and also the selecting operation of the prescribed word line and dummy word line is attained by using a word line selection timing signal phix. This timing signal phix is inputted to the boostrap circuit phix-B so as to boost the potential of the selected word line WL to a voltage over power supply voltage Vcc. Further, external address signals AY0-AYn are fetched to an address buffer ADB in synchronizing with a timing signal phiac formed by a column address strobe signal CAS, fed to a column decoder C-DCR and the data line is selected by a data line selection timing signal phiy. |