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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2022
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Yong Sun Kim, Icheon-si, KR;
Mi Hyun Hwang, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 29/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a fail test circuit configured to generate a fail flag indicating whether a failure was detected in a column line, on the basis of internal data outputted from the column line selected according to a column address, when performing a test, and control the fail flag to indicate that the failure was detected in the column line, on the basis of a fail control signal. The memory device also includes a repair information generation circuit configured to generate, from the column address, a repair column address for repairing the column line, on the basis of the fail flag.