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Memory device and electronic apparatus including the same

US9607667B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2016
Grant dateMar 28, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C7/1069
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory device includes a plurality of channels that respectively include memory cell arrays and local input/output lines electrically coupled to the memory cell arrays and are independently operable, shared global input/output lines electrically coupled to the local input/output lines included in the plurality of channels and having a connection relation controlled through one or more path switch circuits arranged among the plurality of channels, and the path switch circuits that control the connection relation of the shared global input/output lines according to a path control signal.

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