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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seong-hoon Woo, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hak-sun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwang-Jin Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Su-chang Jeon, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A memory system is provided and includes memory chips and a memory controller. Each of the memory chips one or more first state output pins arranged therein. The memory controller has arranged therein a first state input pin connected in a wired-AND configuration to the one or more first state output pins arranged in the memory chips. The memory controller is configured to transmit a chip enable signal and/or an initially set function command to the memory chips. Each of the memory chips outputs a first state signal having one level from among three logic levels according to a first internal operation state of the memory chip to the one or more first state output pins of the memory chip based on the chip enable signal and/or the initially set function command.