Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory device for performing error correction code operation and redundancy repair operation
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Application No.: US15371876Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US09875155B2Publication Date: 2018-01-23
- Inventor: Young-soo Sohn , Kwang-il Park , Chul-woo Park , Jong-pil Son , Jae-youn Youn , Hoi-ju Chung
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2013-0043815 20130419
- Main IPC: G06F11/10
- IPC: G06F11/10 ; G06F3/06 ; G11C29/04 ; G11C29/12 ; G11C29/42 ; G11C29/44 ; G11C29/52

Abstract:
Provided are a memory device and a memory module, which perform both an ECC operation and a redundancy repair operation. The memory device repairs a single-bit error due to a ‘fail’ cell by using an error correction code (ECC) operation, and also repairs the ‘fail’ cell by using a redundancy repair operation when the ‘fail’ cell is not repairable by the ECC operation. The redundancy repair operation includes a data line repair and a block repair. The ECC operation may change a codeword corresponding to data per one unit of memory cells including the ‘fail’ cell, and may also change the size of parity bits regarding the changed codeword.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170091027A1 MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING ERROR CORRECTION CODE OPERATION AND REDUNDANCY REPAIR OPERATION Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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