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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2023
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Byung Goo Cho, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40 (2006.01); G11C 11/4072 (2006.01); G11C 11/4078 (2006.01); G11C 11/4093 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4078 (2013.01); G11C 11/4072 (2013.01); G11C 11/4093 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein may be a memory device and a method of operating the same. The memory device may include a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a read operation of reading data stored in selected memory cells in a target block among the plurality of memory blocks, and a read protection controller configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform a read protection operation of limiting the read operation on memory blocks, among the plurality of memory blocks, corresponding to a read protection command received from a memory controller.