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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2013
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Hyun Joo Lee, Icheon-si, KR;
Dong Keun Kim, Icheon-si, KR;
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor apparatus includes: a sense amplifier unit enabled for a predetermined time during a read operation in response to a first read enable signal, enabled before a write operation in response to a second read enable signal, and disabled when the write operation is started, and a switch unit configured to connect a write driver and a memory unit during the write operation in response to a first select signal, connect the sense amplifier unit and the memory unit for the predetermined time during the read operation in response to a control signal, and disconnect the sense amplifier and the memory unit when the write operation is started.