Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of reconfiguring DQ pads of memory device and DQ pad reconfigurable memory device
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Application No.: US15677475Application Date: 2017-08-15
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Publication No.: US10372658B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Chan-Kyung Kim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Onello & Mello, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2017-0000446 20170102
- Main IPC: G11C8/00
- IPC: G11C8/00 ; G06F13/40 ; G06F3/00 ; G06F13/12

Abstract:
A method and a memory device therefor for reconfiguring a DQ pad organization of the memory device on-the-fly. A DQ organization reconfiguration control unit generates a control signal for reconfiguring the DQ pad organization into a desired mode based on a user command. A DQ organization reconfiguration unit is provided between P DQ pads and memory cell arrays and reconfigures organization P DQ pads on-the-fly in any one among Xi DQ pad modes, where i=1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128, based on the control signal. For the reconfiguration of the organization of the DQ pads, a plurality of bus lines for data transfer, being switchable by a control signal, are provided. The bus lines are implemented utilizing at least one of the M3 and M4 metal layers of the memory device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180189219A1 METHOD OF RECONFIGURING DQ PADS OF MEMORY DEVICE AND DQ PAD RECONFIGURABLE MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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