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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2016
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Sang Eun Lee, Chuncheon-si, KR;
Eun Ko, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SK HYNIX INC., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a plurality of channels that respectively include memory cell arrays and local input/output lines electrically coupled to the memory cell arrays and are independently operable, shared global input/output lines electrically coupled to the local input/output lines included in the plurality of channels and having a connection relation controlled through one or more path switch circuits arranged among the plurality of channels, and the path switch circuits that control the connection relation of the shared global input/output lines according to a path control signal.