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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon, KR;
Inventor:
Kyung-Wan Kim, Icheon, KR;
Assignee:
SK HYNIX INC., Icheon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/0875 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G11C 13/0023 (2013.01); G11C 13/0028 (2013.01); G11C 13/0038 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G06F 2212/452 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory that includes: a memory cell coupled between a first line and a second line; a first selection block configured to select the first line; a second selection block configured to select the second line; an alternate current supply block configured to supply, during a read operation, an alternate current corresponding to a resistance state of the memory cell; and a sensing block configured to sense, during the read operation, at least one of a cell current flowing through the memory cell and the alternate current.