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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Kang-Seol Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/18 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/067 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 17/16 (2013.01); G11C 17/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device may include: a fuse array including a plurality of fuses; a voltage generation unit suitable for generating a first measurement voltage having a preset level; and a measurement unit suitable for supplying the first measurement voltage to a sourcing node of the fuse array and a second measurement voltage, which is provided from an external through a first pad, to a sinking node of the fuse array, and outputting a current, which is caused by voltage difference between the first and second measurement voltages and passes through one or more of the multiple fuses, through the first pad.