Abstract: Setting means (such as fuse circuits) for adjusting the timings of various signals such as an activation timing of a sense amplifier, a fall timing of a word line, a recovery operation (equalization) of a bit lines and so forth, checking an operation in a test stage of a chip, and permanently programming (fixing) the timing of an internal signal to the condition of the highest operation speed that can be confirmed as acquirable in this check stage, is provided.

Abstract: Setting means (such as fuse circuitry) for adjusting the timings of various signals such as an activation timing of a sense amplifier, a fall timing of a word line, a recovery operation (equalization) of a bit lines and so forth, checking an operation in a test stage of a chip, and permanently programming (fixing) the timing of an internal signal to the condition of the highest operation speed that can be confirmed as acquirable in this check stage, is provided.

Abstract: Parasitic capacitances formed between bit lines to which signals are to be read out of memory cells and a signal transmission line arranged above them are to be reduced. Second complementary global bit lines for transmitting data read out of memory cells MC via complementary bit lines are arranged above a memory cell array. Each second global bit line is so arranged that a triangle having as its vertexes the center of the section of one of the complementary bit lines, that of the section of the other and that of the section of the second global bit line arranged directly above these complementary bit lines be an isosceles triangle.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing a semiconductor device conforming to plural supply voltage specifications without increasing the chip size and the production cost, while the device achieves a high-speed performance. The method includes plural processes for forming plural types of MOS transistors supplied with different power supply voltages in correspondence with external power supply voltages, which are comprised of a first process common to the plural types of MOS transistors, a second process following the first process, which is different by each of the plural types of MOS transistors, and a third process following the second process, which is common to the plural types of MOS transistors.

Abstract: Setting means (such as fuse circuits) for adjusting the timings of various signals such as an activation timing of a sense amplifier, a fall timing of a word line, a recovery operation (equalization) of a bit lines and so forth, checking an operation in a test stage of a chip, and permanently programming (fixing) the timing of an internal signal to the condition of the highest operation speed that can be confirmed as acquirable in this check stage, is provided.