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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
In Chul Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki Heung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method of repairing a word line of a memory device includes receiving a row address, comparing a received row address with a row address of a defective cell, enabling a normal word line and a redundant word line, which correspond to the row address, according to a result of the row address comparison, receiving a column address, comparing a received column address with a column address of the defective cell, and performing a memory access operation on one of the normal word line and the redundant word line according to a result of the column address comparison.