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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Jeong Jun Lee, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 8/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a first mat, a second mat, a column driver, and a connection circuit. The first mat may include a first mat column line. The second mat may include a second mat column line. The column driver may drive the first mat column line in response to a mat selection signal and a column decoding signal. The connection circuit may electrically couple or separate the second mat column line to or from the first mat column line in response to the mat select signal.