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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Yi Seul Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Chul Woo Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/22 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/22 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a memory block including memory cells for storing program data and one or more flag cells for storing erase state information, an operation circuit suitable for performing a program operation, an erase operation, and a read operation on the memory cells and the flag cell, and a data conversion circuit suitable for encoding read data read from the memory cells based on the erase state information.