Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory modules and memory systems
- Patent Title (中): 内存模块和内存系统
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Application No.: US14087167Application Date: 2013-11-22
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Publication No.: US09087614B2Publication Date: 2015-07-21
- Inventor: Jong-Pil Son , Uk-Song Kang , Chul-Woo Park , Young-Soo Sohn
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce
- Priority: KR10-2013-0025385 20130311
- Main IPC: G11C7/12
- IPC: G11C7/12 ; G11C29/44 ; G06F11/10 ; G11C29/00 ; G11C5/04 ; G11C29/04

Abstract:
In one example embodiment, a memory module includes a plurality of memory devices and a buffer chip configured to manage the plurality of memory device. The buffer chip includes a memory management unit having an error correction unit configured to perform error correction operation on each of the plurality of memory devices. Each of the plurality of memory devices includes at least one spare column that is accessible by the memory management unit, and the memory management unit is configured to correct errors of the plurality of memory devices by selectively using the at least one spare column based on an error correction capability of the error correction unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140146624A1 MEMORY MODULES AND MEMORY SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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