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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
TaeHyung Jung, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/20 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/20 (2013.01); G11C 5/145 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory includes a plurality of memory blocks each comprising a plurality of memory cells, and a plurality of charge pumps each located near one of the plurality of memory blocks. In an access to the semiconductor memory, depending on the selected memory block, a subset or all of the plurality of charge pumps are activated in one of a predetermined number of sequences.