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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Soo-Young Jang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyun-Woo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/401 (2006.01); G11C 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 29/76 (2013.01); G11C 11/401 (2013.01); G11C 2029/1202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a plurality of normal word lines arranged at a first distance from each other, a redundant word line arranged at a second distance, which is greater than the first distance from a normal word line adjacent to the redundant word line, among the normal word lines, and a word line control unit suitable for selectively activating the normal word lines, and replacing a frequently activated word line with the redundant word line when the frequently activated word line is detected.