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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/00 (2006.01); G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 8/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/16 (2013.01); G11C 8/10 (2013.01); G11C 29/787 (2013.01); G11C 17/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device and method of operation having reduced read time of fuse array information during boot-up operation. When fuse array information is read, only repaired fuse-set information is read such that a read time of the semiconductor memory device is reduced, resulting in an increased read margin.