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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jong Wook Kim, Cheongju-si, KR;
Tae Un Youn, Cheongju-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/14 (2013.01); G06F 12/0207 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a memory cell array and a peripheral circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory blocks. The peripheral circuit performs a dummy operation on a dummy area among the plurality of memory blocks of the memory cell array.