Semiconductor integrated circuit device
View Patent ↗A semiconductor device includes signal lines over which signals are transferred, and a drive circuit driving the signal lines in operating modes. The operating modes include a dynamic operation mode in which the signal lines are precharged, and a static operation mode in which the signal lines are not precharged.
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
an internal circuit configured to supply two signals that are complementary with each other to represent a single value in a first operation mode and capable of assuming either different signal levels or an identical signal level in a second operation mode;
a first data line;
a second data line; and
a drive circuit configured to set, in the first operation mode, the first data line to a signal level responsive to said single value represented by the two complementary signals, and configured to set, in the second operation mode, the first data line to a signal level responsive to one of the two signals and the second data line to a signal level responsive to another one of the two signals after precharging the first and second data lines,
wherein the first operation mode is a read mode and the second operation mode is a test mode.
2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a memory cell array to which said first data line and said second data line are connected, data read from the memory cell array being transferred over said first data line and said second data line.
3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a test-dedicated line,
wherein a predetermined test of the semiconductor device is performed using said test-dedicated line and said data lines.
4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a test result output circuit receiving said data lines at inputs thereof and outputting a test result, said test result and a logic level of said test-dedicated line forming a result of said predetermined test.
5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a precharge circuit precharging said first data line, and said second data line.
6. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 5 , said precharge circuit precharging said first data line, said second data line and said test-dedicated line in said first operation mode only.