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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jong-min Oh, Seoul, KR;
Yung-young Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hoyoung Song, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Chiwook Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Donghyun Sohn, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/50 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 8/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/04 (2013.01); G11C 29/785 (2013.01); G11C 29/808 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 8/14 (2013.01); G11C 29/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a method of preventing simultaneous activation of redundancy memory line or spare word lines, the method including: programming a fail address of a memory line determined to be defective; reprogramming the fail address if a first spare line for the memory line is determined to be defective; storing additional information with respect to the reprogrammed fail address; and activating a second spare line and inactivating the first spare line, referring to the additional information.