Patent ID: 7212455

Claim:
A decoder of a semiconductor memory device, comprising: a redundant fuse for generating a redundant fuse signal in which a redundant position has been programmed; a column decoding circuit having a decoding portion to which a redundant address signal that is set to a first electric potential upon selection of a normal column line and shifted to a second electric potential upon selection of a redundant column line that is continuously selected after the end of the selection of said normal column line is supplied and which is activated by said first electric potential, decodes a column address, generates a normal column line selection signal, after that, is inactivated by said second electric potential, and stops the generation of said normal column line selection signal and an output portion for continuously generating a redundant column line selection signal after the generation of said normal column line selection signal in response to the second electric potential of said redundant address signal; a column decoding switching circuit having a first transfer portion whose transfer destination is switched by said redundant fuse signal and which generates said normal column line selection signal to the switched transfer destination and a second transfer portion for controlling passage or shut-off of said redundant column line selection signal in response to a redundant cell test signal; and a column driver having a first driving device which is activated by a column enable signal, drives said normal column line selection signal generated from said first transfer portion, and transmits the driven normal column line selection signal to said normal column line and a second driving device which is activated by said column enable signal, continuously drives said redundant column line selection signal generated from said second transfer portion after the generation of said signal from said first driving device, and generates the driven redundant column line selection signal to said redundant column line.