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Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Sang Kwon Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/023 (2013.01); G11C 7/062 (2013.01);
Abstract

Semiconductor memory devices are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes an input/output (I/O) drive controller, a data I/O unit and a data transmitter. The input/output (I/O) drive controller generates drive control signals and an input control signal for driving first and second global I/O lines in a first test mode or a second test mode. The data I/O unit drives the first global I/O line in response to an input data when a write operation is executed in the first test mode. The data transmitter transfers the data on the first global I/O line onto first and second local I/O lines to store the data on the first global I/O line in a memory cell array portion when the write operation is executed in the first test mode. Related methods are also provided.


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