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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Sang Oh Lim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G11C 11/41 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G11C 11/41 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4402 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a row direction and a column direction, a plurality of word lines each connected to memory cells in a row among the memory cells, and a majority of bit lines each connected to memory cells in a column among the memory cells. One or more memory cells are distributed as flag cells among memory cells connected to each word line, and flag cells connected to a first word line and flag cells connected to a second word line that is disposed adjacent to the first word line among the word lines are connected to first and second bit lines, respectively.