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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2012
Sang Kug Lym, Icheon-si, KR;
Dong Keun Kim, Icheon-si, KR;
Sang Kug Lym, Icheon-si, KR;
Dong Keun Kim, Icheon-si, KR;
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device, and more particularly, to a semiconductor memory device capable of supplying and measuring an electric current through a pad. The semiconductor device includes a memory cell, a data pad configured to receive data to be programmed into the memory cell or a write current to be supplied to the memory cell from an external device, and output data read out from the memory cell or a cell current flowing from the memory cell to the external device, and a path switching unit configured to set up a path so that the memory cell and the data pad are directly coupled when a test operation is performed.