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公开(公告)号:US20220188238A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-16
申请号:US17118239
申请日:2020-12-10
Applicant: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Chun-Lien Su , Chun-Hsiung Hung , Shuo-Nan Hung
IPC: G06F12/0882 , G06F12/0862 , G06F12/02 , G06F11/10
Abstract: A flash memory system and a flash memory thereof are provided. The flash memory device includes a NAND flash memory and a control circuit. The NAND flash memory chip includes a cache memory, a page buffer; and an NAND flash memory array. The NAND flash memory array includes a plurality of pages, wherein each page includes a plurality of sub-pages, each sub-page has a sub-page length. The cache memory is composed of a plurality of sub cache and each sub cache corresponds to different pages of the NAND flash memory array. The page buffer is composed of a plurality of sub-page buffers and each sub-page buffer corresponds to different pages of the NAND flash memory array. The control circuit is coupled to the host and the NAND flash memory, and performs an access operation in units of one sub-page.
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公开(公告)号:US20210349645A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-11
申请号:US16870848
申请日:2020-05-08
Applicant: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Chun-Hsiung Hung , Su-Chueh Lo
IPC: G06F3/06 , H01L25/065
Abstract: A multi-die memory apparatus and identification method thereof are provided. The identification method includes: sending an identification initial command and a first start command to a plurality of memory devices by a controller for starting a first identification period; respectively generating a plurality of first target numbers by the memory devices; respectively performing first counting actions and comparing a plurality of first counting numbers with the first target numbers by a plurality of un-identified memory devices to set a first time-up memory device of the memory devices; and, setting an identification code of the first time-up memory device of the un-identified memory devices to be a first value.
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公开(公告)号:US10977121B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-13
申请号:US16533463
申请日:2019-08-06
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Shuo-Nan Hung , Chun-Hsiung Hung
IPC: G06F11/10 , H03M13/15 , G11C11/4093 , G11C11/4094
Abstract: A memory device such as a page mode NAND flash is operated, using a first pipeline stage, to clear a page buffer to a second buffer level, and transfer a page to the page buffer; a second pipeline stage to clear the second buffer level to the third buffer level and transfer the page from the page buffer to the second buffer level; a third pipeline stage to move the page to the third buffer level and execute in an interleaved fashion a first ECC function over data in a first part of the page and output the first part of the page while performing an second ECC function, and to execute the first ECC function over data in a second part of the page in the third buffer level, and to output the second part while performing the second ECC function.
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公开(公告)号:US10855477B2
公开(公告)日:2020-12-01
申请号:US15857341
申请日:2017-12-28
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Chun-Hsiung Hung , Kuen-Long Chang , Ken-Hui Chen , Shih-Chang Huang
Abstract: A device which can be implemented on a single packaged integrated circuit or a multichip includes a plurality of non-volatile memory cells, and logic to use a physical unclonable function to produce an initial key and to store the initial key in a set of non-volatile memory cells in the plurality of non-volatile memory cells. The device can include logic to use a random number generator to generate a random number, and logic to combine the initial key and the random number to produce an enhanced key. The physical unclonable function can use entropy derived from non-volatile memory cells in the plurality of non-volatile memory cells to produce the initial key. Logic is described to disable changes to data in the set of non-volatile memory cells, and thereby freeze the key after it is stored in the set.
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公开(公告)号:US10825529B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-03
申请号:US14455749
申请日:2014-08-08
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Wen-Ming Hsu , Nai-Ping Kuo , Chun-Hsiung Hung
Abstract: A method for an erase operation on a nonvolatile memory array with low-latency erase suspend is described. The nonvolatile memory array includes a plurality of blocks of memory cells, each block including a plurality of sectors of memory cells. The method includes, in response to an erase command identifying a block in the plurality of blocks in the array, erasing the plurality of sectors in the identified block, and determining whether there are over-erased cells in each sector. The method includes recording the over-erased cells for the sector. The method also includes responsive to suspend before a soft program pulse for the sector, applying a correction pulse to the recorded cells.
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公开(公告)号:US10749695B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-18
申请号:US16592850
申请日:2019-10-04
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Chun-Hsiung Hung , Kuen-Long Chang , Ken-Hui Chen , Shih-Chang Huang
IPC: G06F13/00 , H04L9/32 , G06F3/06 , G09C1/00 , G11C16/22 , H04L9/08 , H04L9/14 , G11C11/16 , G11C13/00 , G06F7/58 , G06F11/10 , G06F12/02 , G06F12/14 , G06F21/31 , G06F21/60 , G06F21/75 , G11C7/24 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/26 , G11C8/20 , G06F13/42 , G11C7/10
Abstract: A system and method for utilizing a security key stored in non-volatile memory, and for generating a PUF-based data set on an integrated circuit including non-volatile memory cells, such as flash memory cells, are described. The method includes storing a security key in a particular block in a plurality of blocks of the non-volatile memory array; utilizing, in a security logic circuit coupled to the non-volatile memory array, the security key stored in the particular block in a protocol to enable access via a port by external devices or communication networks to data stored in blocks in the plurality of blocks; and enabling read-only access to the particular block by the security logic for use in the protocol, and preventing access to the particular block via the port.
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公开(公告)号:US10325663B1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-18
申请号:US15857940
申请日:2017-12-29
Applicant: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yiching Liu , Chun-Hsiung Hung
IPC: G11C16/22 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11573 , H01L27/02 , G11C16/04 , H01L27/11526 , G11C16/08
CPC classification number: G11C16/22 , G11C16/0483 , G11C16/08 , H01L21/76895 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/0255 , H01L27/11526 , H01L27/11573
Abstract: Systems, methods, circuits, and apparatus including computer-readable mediums for protecting memory cells from in-process charging effects for a memory system, e.g., NAND flash memory. The methods include: forming a first connection to connect a first node of a diode to a memory cell line coupled with one or more memory cells to be fabricated and a second connection to connect a second node of the diode to a control circuit, such that, during fabricating the memory, in-process charges accumulated on the memory cells are discharged to a ground via a conductive path formed by a first voltage caused by the in-process charges forward biasing the diode and then enabling the control circuit to conduct a current to the ground, and after fabricating the memory and during operating the memory, turning off the conductive path by reverse biasing the diode with a second voltage applied on the control circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US09977627B1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-22
申请号:US15346790
申请日:2016-11-09
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Chun-Hsiung Hung , Han-Sung Chen , Chung-Kuang Chen
CPC classification number: G06F3/0659 , G06F3/0604 , G06F3/0619 , G06F3/0652 , G06F3/0679 , G11C16/0483 , G11C16/3431 , G11C16/3495
Abstract: A memory device includes a memory unit including a plurality of memory cells, and a controller including a storage unit that stores a plurality of operation selections each corresponding to a property of at least one selected memory cell among the plurality of memory cells.
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公开(公告)号:US09876493B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-23
申请号:US14693565
申请日:2015-04-22
Applicant: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yi-Fan Chang , Chun-Yi Lee , Ken-Hui Chen , Kuen-Long Chang , Chun-Hsiung Hung
CPC classification number: H03K17/007 , G11C8/00 , G11C8/10 , H03K2217/0036
Abstract: A decode switch and a method for controlling a decode switch are provided. The decode switch includes a power source providing a first voltage, a source capacitance coupled to the power source, and a target capacitance coupled to the power source. The power source charges the source capacitance to the first voltage. The source capacitance is connected to the target capacitance and the source capacitance charges the target capacitance to a second voltage. The power source charges the target capacitance from the second voltage to the first voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US09685228B2
公开(公告)日:2017-06-20
申请号:US14747386
申请日:2015-06-23
Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Inventor: Tien-Yen Wang , Chun-Hsiung Hung , Chia-Jung Chen
CPC classification number: G11C13/004 , G11C7/02 , G11C7/12 , G11C7/14 , G11C11/5678 , G11C13/0004 , G11C2013/0045 , G11C2013/0054
Abstract: A sensing method for a memory is provided. The memory includes: a memory cell; a reference circuit generating a reference voltage and a clamp voltage; and a current supplying circuit receiving the clamp voltage to develop a cell current passing through the memory cell to form a cell voltage, wherein the cell voltage is used for incorporating with the reference voltage to determine the information stored in the memory.
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