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Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2018
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Min-Seok Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1048 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data readout apparatus may include a counter array including an address decoder and a counter circuit, the address decoder being configured to receive an address, the counter circuit being coupled to the address decoder and perform a counting operation based on a column address, a sense amplifier array coupled to the counter array to read out the data from the counter array, a clock driver arranged adjacent to the center of the counter array to distribute clock pulses, a first precharge circuit arranged at one side of the counter array and structured to receive the clock pulses from the clock driver and perform a precharge operation, and a second precharge circuit arranged at the other side of the counter array and structured to receive the clock pulses from the clock driver and perform the precharge operation.


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