Abstract:
A method of operating a memory system includes reading data of first memory cells, the first memory cells being connected to a first wordline from among a plurality of wordlines, the plurality of wordlines including one or more dummy wordlines and one or more normal wordlines; determining whether the first wordline is one of the one or more dummy wordlines by determining, based on the read data, a number of the first memory cells having a first threshold voltage state, the one or more dummy wordlines being wordlines the memory cells of which have been programmed with dummy data, the one or more normal wordlines being wordlines that are not dummy wordlines; and performing a repair algorithm for correcting an error in the read data, selectively according to a result of the determination.
Abstract:
A high voltage switch circuit includes a first transistor, a first depletion mode transistor, a level shifter, a control signal generator, a second transistor and a second depletion mode transistor. The first transistor transmits the second driving voltage to an output terminal in response to a first gate signal. The first depletion mode transistor transmits the second driving voltage to the first transistor in response to feedback from the output terminal. The control signal generator generates first and second control signals in response to a level-shifted enable signal. The second transistor has a gate electrode connected to the first voltage and is turned on and off in response to the second control signal at a first end of the second transistor. The second depletion mode transistor is connected between a second end of the second transistor and the output terminal, and has a gate electrode receiving the first control signal.