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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2012
Applicants:

Jeongsu Jeong, San Jose, CA (US);

Youncheul Kim, San Jose, CA (US);

Gwangyoung Stanley Jeong, San Jose, CA (US);

Bokmoon Kang, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeongsu Jeong, San Jose, CA (US);

Youncheul Kim, San Jose, CA (US);

Gwangyoung Stanley Jeong, San Jose, CA (US);

Bokmoon Kang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/20 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/20 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/20 (2013.01); G11C 7/20 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4402 (2013.01); G11C 29/82 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device includes a non-volatile memory configured to store a repair data and output the repair data in response to an initialization signal, a plurality of registers configured to store the repair data outputted from the non-volatile memory, a plurality of memory banks configured to replace normal cells with redundant cells by using the repair data stored in corresponding registers among the plurality of registers, a verification circuit configured to generate a completion signal for informing that transfer of the repair data from the non-volatile memory to the plurality of registers is completed, and an output circuit configured to output the completion signal to a device other than the memory device.


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