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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2016
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yong Seop Kim, Icheon-si, KR;
Ji Hyae Bae, Icheon-si, KR;
Min Chul Shin, Icheon-si, KR;
Jun Gi Choi, Icheon-si, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Abstract
A memory apparatus includes a first memory bank, a second memory bank, a row decoder and repair circuit, and an input/output driver controller. The row decoder and repair circuit is coupled to the first and second memory banks in common. The row decoder and repair circuit generates a shared repair signal according to whether a word line disposed in a first memory bank is replaced with a word line disposed in a second memory bank. The input/output driver controller allows read or write operations for one of the first and second memory banks to be performed based on the shared repair signal and an operation signal.