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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Applicant:
Young-ho Suh, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Young-Ho Suh, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device and a method of operating the semiconductor memory device are disclosed. The semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array having a plurality of cell array blocks. The cell array blocks are operationally divided into a plurality of memory planes using a memory determining unit. Each of the memory planes comprises at least one cell array block and is capable of executing independent data access operations using an independent operating mode.