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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Chang Won Yang, Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK HYNIX INC., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G06F 13/1673 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array, two or more global word lines, and two or more path circuits. The two or more global word lines may be coupled to word lines in parallel. At least one of the two or more path circuits may be coupled between portions of each word line portions of each word line. Each path circuit may couple one of the global word lines to one of the word lines.