摘要:
A temperature sensor is integrated together with an integrated circuit on a chip, the sensor delivering a temperature-dependent measuring signal or at least emitting a signal when the chip temperature falls below a specific prescribed value. For such an eventuality, the chip includes a special circuit device thereon, by which a current flow is generated through a provided structure of electrical conductors that keeps the temperature of the integrated circuit above a prescribed minimum temperature.
摘要:
A memory system for network broadcasting applications, such as video/audio applications, has at least one memory which is divided into a plurality of addressable memory units, which have a respective dedicated output for interchanging data. The inputs of a matrix switch are connected to a respective output of a different memory unit. The matrix switch is operated such that a plurality of the memory units are connected to its output in a sequential order. A first sequence of memory units and a second sequence of memory units are connected to its output independently. This results in a memory system, which can handle a number of requests to the same memory at staggered times. The interaction of the individual memory units with the matrix switch allows a high data throughput and a short access time.
摘要:
A memory system for network broadcasting applications, such as video/audio applications, has at least one memory which is divided into a plurality of addressable memory units, which have a respective dedicated output for interchanging data. The inputs of a matrix switch are connected to a respective output of a different memory unit. The matrix switch is operated such that a plurality of the memory units are connected to its output in a sequential order. A first sequence of memory units and a second sequence of memory units are connected to its output independently. This results in a memory system, which can handle a number of requests to the same memory at staggered times. The interaction of the individual memory units with the matrix switch allows a high data throughput and a short access time.
摘要:
An interface unit and a printed circuit board configuration includes at least two interface units for linking conventional commercially available packages of integrated circuits on a printed circuit board in a more flexible and compact way, which allows compact high-performance electronic circuits to be produced on a small surface area and with low development expenditure.
摘要:
A method for integrating imperfect semiconductor memory devices having functional and defective memory cells into a data processing apparatus. The defective memory cells are assigned defect addresses or defect address ranges. Before a memory access of the data processing apparatus is carried out, the address of the memory access is compared with the defect addresses or defect address ranges and is recoded in the event of correspondence.
摘要:
A dynamic semiconductor memory and a method for operating such a memory includes memory banks with memory cells disposed in rows, and registers associated with the memory banks for storing an address of an open, activated word line. In the event of an external refresh command, a control device causes, after the refresh operation, the state of the memory banks to be reestablished, in particular, the word line whose address was stored in the register to be reactivated. Such a purely on-chip measure increases the operating speed of the memory.
摘要:
To be able to test a plurality of identical semiconductor circuit devices in a particularly rapid yet reliable manner, a test method includes carrying out the tests in parallel and substantially simultaneously on the plurality of semiconductor circuit devices and driver lines—used in the process—of a test device to the semiconductor circuit devices simultaneously and jointly for all the semiconductor circuit devices. In such a case, test results are read from a plurality of input/output channels in compressed form. Furthermore, as an alternative or in addition thereto, the semiconductor circuit devices to be tested are disposed and connected up in at least one stack.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an interconnect structure for an integrated circuit (1) having a first interconnect (B1; B1′; B1″), which is composed of a plurality of interconnect sections (A11-A16; A11′-A16′; A11″-A14″) lying in a first and a second interconnect plane (M0, M1); and a second interconnect (B2; B2′; B2″), which runs adjacent to the first interconnect (B1; B1′; B1″) and which is composed of a plurality of interconnect sections (A21-A25; A21′-A25′; A21″-A23″) lying in the first and second interconnect planes (M0, M1); the first and second interconnects (B1; B1′; B1″; B2; B2′; B2″) being offset with respect to one another in the longitudinal direction in such a way that the interconnect sections (A12, A14, A16; A12′, A14′, A16′; A12″, A14″) of the first interconnect (B1; B1′; B1″) which lie in the first interconnect plane (M0) run at least in sections beside the interconnect sections (A22, A24; A22′; A24′; A21″, A23″) of the second interconnect (B2; B2′; B2″) which lie in the second interconnection plane (M1), and that the interconnect sections (A11, A13, A15; A11′, A13′, A15′; A11″, A13″) of the first interconnect (B1; B1′; B1″) which lie in the second interconnect plane (M1) run at least in sections beside the interconnect sections (A21, A23, A25; A21′, A23′, A25′; A22″) of the second interconnect (B2; B2′; B2″) which lie in the first interconnect plane (M0). The invention also provides a corresponding fabrication method.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a dynamic memory is provided. The dynamic memory can include a memory matrix having a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns. The memory cells in a row can be connected by in each case one of a plurality of word lines. The memory cells in a column can be connected by in each case one of a plurality of bit lines. The dynamic memory can also include a sense amplifier for reading data from the memory cells via the plurality of bit lines. Further, the dynamic memory can include a row address decoder and a column address decoder for generating memory-internal address in a manner dependent on a memory-external address signal. The dynamic memory can also include a sequence control device for cyclically generating refresh addresses for carrying for carrying out a refresh operation of the memory cells.
摘要:
A semiconductor configuration is described and has a temperature sensor, which measures a temperature of a semiconductor module. The measured temperature is provided to a control unit, so that the control unit can adapt a refresh cycle in the semiconductor module to the retention time corresponding to the measured temperature.