US 11,693,564 B2
Apparatus configured to perform a repair operation
Byeong Chan Choi, Icheon-si (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si (KR)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,038.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0006339 (KR), filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0229563 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0619 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a storage area signal generation circuit configured to generate a storage area signal when performing an internal information storage operation and an external information storage operation; and
an information storage circuit configured to receive internal failure information, stored in the apparatus, based on the storage area signal and store the received internal failure information as failure information in a set storage capacity, and store external failure information, applied from outside the apparatus, as the failure information in a variable storage capacity, the variable storage capacity being adjusted depending on the set storage capacity.