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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Yu-hwan RO, Seoul, KR;
Kwang-ho Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kwang-jin Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Joon-yong Choi, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Yu-hwan Ro, Seoul, KR;
Kwang-ho Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kwang-jin Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Joon-yong Choi, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and the memory cell array includes: a plurality of memory blocks and at least one setting unit. The at least one setting unit stores a location and a size of a boot data storage region within the plurality of memory blocks that stores boot data. The at least one setting units may include a register for setting usage of each memory block as a boot block. The semiconductor device may be a phase-change memory.