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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2016
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Yong Hwan Hong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Byung Ryul Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Dae Il Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/02 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device includes a column address generation circuit suitable for generating contents addressable memory (CAM) column addresses for duplicated CAM data, a column selection circuit suitable for allocating columns to the duplicated CAM data according to the CAM column addresses, and a plurality of page buffer units, each unit being coupled to a corresponding memory group through the allocated columns, and suitable for storing the duplicated CAM data in the memory groups through the allocated columns. The allocated columns are of arranged sequentially within each memory group in a circular order, and a part of the CAM column addresses represent columns which are physically apart by a predetermined number of columns within a memory group.


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