Semiconductor memory devices and methods of operating semiconductor memory devices

    公开(公告)号:US11829614B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17842981

    申请日:2022-06-17

    CPC classification number: G06F3/0626 G06F3/064 G06F3/0679 G06F11/1068

    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a buffer die and a plurality of memory dies. An error correction code (ECC) engine in one of the memory dies performs an RS encoding on a main data to generate a parity data and performs a RS decoding, using a parity check matrix, on the main data and the parity data. The parity check matrix includes sub matrixes and each of the sub matrixes corresponds to two different symbols. Each of the sub matrixes includes two identity sub matrixes and two same alpha matrixes, the two identity sub matrixes are disposed in a first diagonal direction of the sub matrix and the two same alpha matrixes are disposed in a second diagonal direction. A number of high-level value elements in a y-th row of the parity check matrix is the same as a number of high-level value elements in a (y+p)-th row.

    Memory device performing refresh operation and method of operating the same

    公开(公告)号:US11631448B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17244466

    申请日:2021-04-29

    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array, an address manager and a refresh controller. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of word-lines. The address manager samples access addresses provided from a memory controller to generate sampling addresses and determines a capture address from among the access addresses, based on a time interval between refresh commands from the memory controller. The refresh controller refreshes target memory cells from among the plurality of memory cells based on one of a maximum access address from among the sampling address and the captured address.

    MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230037996A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17718422

    申请日:2022-04-12

    Abstract: An operating method of a memory device includes storing position information regarding a codeword including an erasure and erasure information including position information regarding the erasure in a memory region, loading the position information regarding the codeword to a row decoder and a column decoder, determining whether a read address corresponding to a read instruction is identical to the position information regarding the codeword including the erasure, in response to the read instruction from a host, transmitting the position information of the erasure to an error correction code (ECC) decoder, when the read address is identical to the position information regarding the codeword including the erasure, and correcting, by the ECC decoder, an error in a codeword received from a memory cell array using the position information regarding the erasure.

    Error correction circuit, memory system, and error correction method

    公开(公告)号:US12212339B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US17984430

    申请日:2022-11-10

    Abstract: An error correction circuit, including an error correction code (ECC) encoder configured to generate parity data corresponding to main data based on a parity generation matrix, and to output a codeword including the main data and the parity data to a plurality of memory devices; and an ECC decoder configured to: read the codeword from the plurality of memory devices, generate a syndrome corresponding to the codeword based on a parity check matrix, detect an error pattern based on the syndrome, generate a plurality of estimation syndromes corresponding to the error pattern using a plurality of partial sub-matrices included in the parity check matrix, and correct an error included in the read codeword based on a result of a comparison between the syndrome and the plurality of estimation syndromes.

    METHODS OF OPERATING MEMORY CONTROLLERS, MEMORY CONTROLLERS PERFORMING THE METHODS AND MEMORY SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE MEMORY CONTROLLERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230004308A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17704354

    申请日:2022-03-25

    Abstract: In a method of operating a memory controller, a decoding status flag is received from a memory module including a plurality of data chips and at least one parity chip. Each of the plurality of data chips and the at least one parity chip may include an on-die error correction code (ECC) engine. The decoding status flag is generated by the on-die ECC engines. A first number and a second number may be obtained based on the decoding status flag. The first number represents a number of first chips including an uncorrectable error that is uncorrectable by the on-die ECC engine. The second number represents a number of second chips including a correctable error that is correctable by the on-die ECC engine. At least one of a plurality of decoding schemes is selected based on at least one of the first number and the second number. A system ECC engine may perform ECC decoding on at least one of the first chips and the second chips based on the selected decoding scheme.

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