NONVOLATILE MEMORY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING CURRENT CONSUMPTION AND RELATED DRIVING METHOD

Various exemplary embodiments of a nonvolatile memory apparatus are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the memory apparatus may include: a page buffer; an even bit line connected to the page buffer; an odd bit line connected to the page buffer; an even memory cell string installed on the even bit line; an dd memory cell string installed on the odd bit line; and a bit line select unit configured to selectively generate a signal read path between the even bit line and the even memory cell string or between the odd bit line and the odd memory cell string.