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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2022
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Sung Ho Ahn, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4096 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/4093 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 11/4093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and a control logic. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The peripheral circuit performs a read operation on selected memory cells, among the plurality of memory cells. The control logic controls the read operation of the peripheral circuit in response to a read command that is received from an external device and determines whether to perform a discharge operation of word lines that are connected to the plurality of memory cells based on a type of the read command.