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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Sun-Hye Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Nak-Kyu Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01); G11C 11/40603 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a first memory bank comprising first and second memory blocks; a second memory bank comprising third and fourth memory blocks; and a bank selection unit suitable for selecting a memory bank corresponding to a bank address among the first and the second memory banks when an active command is applied, wherein the selected memory bank performs row access on a word line of an unselected memory block, while activating a word line of a memory block that is selected by a block address among memory blocks of the selected memory bank.