Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory devices having spare column remap storages and methods of remapping column addresses in the memory devices
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Application No.: US16903065Application Date: 2020-06-16
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Publication No.: US11200962B2Publication Date: 2021-12-14
- Inventor: Hokyoon Lee , Il Park , Young Pyo Joo
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Icheon-si
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Icheon-si
- Agency: William Park & Associates Ltd.
- Priority: KR10-2017-0125511 20170927,KR10-2017-0125512 20170927
- Main IPC: G11C29/00
- IPC: G11C29/00 ; G11C29/24 ; G11C29/44

Abstract:
A memory device includes a data storage region and a spare column remap storage. The data storage region includes a plurality of sub-arrays, and each of the plurality of sub-arrays has a plurality of main columns and a plurality of spare columns. The spare column remap storage includes a plurality of storage units storing column address information of a repaired main column of one of the plurality of sub-arrays and address information of a repaired main column of another of the plurality of sub-arrays into at least one of the plurality of storage units included in the spare column remap storage.
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