Invention Application
- Patent Title: SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES
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Application No.: US16574808Application Date: 2019-09-18
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Publication No.: US20200227130A1Publication Date: 2020-07-16
- Inventor: Ki-Heung Kim , Kyo-Min Sohn , Young-Soo Sohn
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@50d202ec com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@1311ebde
- Main IPC: G11C29/38
- IPC: G11C29/38 ; H01L25/065 ; G11C11/4076 ; G11C29/12

Abstract:
An integrated circuit device includes a stack of integrated circuit memory dies having a plurality of through-substrate vias (TSVs) extending therethrough, and a buffer die electrically coupled to the plurality of TSVs. The buffer die includes a test interface circuit, which is configured to: (i) generate a plurality of internal test signals, which are synchronized with a second clock signal having a second frequency, from at least one control code, and from a plurality of external test signals, which are synchronized with a first clock signal having a first frequency less than the second frequency, and (ii) provide the plurality of internal test signals to at least one of the memory dies in said stack during a first test mode. The second frequency may be greater than three (3) times the first frequency.
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