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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2013
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jung Taek You, Icheon-si, KR;
Min Joo Yoo, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/11 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/56 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/022 (2013.01); G11C 29/025 (2013.01); G11C 29/56 (2013.01); G11C 2029/5006 (2013.01); G11C 2029/5602 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor circuit includes a test control unit configured to generate a driving activation signal and a sensing activation signal in response to a command and an address; a pad; a driver configured to drive the pad to a predetermined level in response to activation of the driving activation signal; and a sensing unit configured to compare a voltage level of the pad with a reference voltage in response to activation of the sensing activation signal, and output a sensing signal.