Internal and external data transfer for stacked memory dies

    公开(公告)号:US11869626B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-09

    申请号:US17502792

    申请日:2021-10-15

    CPC classification number: G11C7/1063 G11C7/109 G11C7/1066 G11C7/1093

    Abstract: Some memory dies in a stack can be connected externally to the stack and other memory dies in the stack can be connected internally to the stack. The memory dies that are connected externally can act as interface dies for other memory dies that are connected internally thereto. The external connections can be used for transmitting signals indicative of data to and/or from the memory dies while the memory dies in the stack can be connected by a cascading connection for transmission of other signals such as command, address, power, ground, etc.

    MEMORY WEAR MANAGEMENT
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220011944A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US17349634

    申请日:2021-06-16

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for memory wear management are described. A device may include an interface controller and a non-volatile memory. The interface controller may manage wear-leveling procedures for memory banks in the non-volatile memory. For example, the interface controller may select a row in a memory bank for the wear-leveling procedure. The interface controller may store data from the row in a buffer in the interface controller. The interface controller may then transfer the data to the non-volatile memory so that the non-volatile memory can write the data to a second row of the memory bank.

    Arbitrated sense amplifier
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11074956B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-27

    申请号:US16806942

    申请日:2020-03-02

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for an arbitrated sense amplifier are described. A memory device may couple a memory cell to a first node via a digit line and may couple the first node to a second node. If a voltage at the second node is associated with a first logic value stored at the memory cell, the memory device may couple the second node with a third node and may charge the third node according to the voltage. However, if the voltage at the second node is associated with a second logic value stored at the memory cell, the memory device may not couple the second node with the third node. The memory device may compare the resulting voltage at the third node with a reference voltage and may generate a signal indicative of a logic value stored by the memory cell.

    BUS TRAINING FOR INTERCONNECTED MEMORY DICE

    公开(公告)号:US20250021875A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18755355

    申请日:2024-06-26

    Abstract: Test data associated with a command bus training (CBT) can be separately received at interconnected memory dice. Feedback data that are outputted from the multiple interconnected memory dice in response to the test data can be randomly combined such that combined feedback data is returned as if the feedback data were sent from a single memory die. This provides a flexible and scalable architecture that can accommodate a range of memory densities (e.g., a number of memory dice that are interconnected).

    Programmable column access
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12183419B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-31

    申请号:US17648403

    申请日:2022-01-19

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for programmable column access are described. A device may transfer voltages from memory cells of a row in a memory array to respective digit lines for the memory cells. The voltages may be indicative of logic values stored at the memory cells. The device may communicate respective control signals to a set of multiplexers coupled with the digit lines, where each multiplexer is coupled with a respective subset of the digit lines. Each multiplexer may couple a digit line of the respective subset of digit lines with a respective sense component for that multiplexer based on the respective control signal for that multiplexer.

    DIE LOCATION DETECTION FOR GROUPED MEMORY DIES

    公开(公告)号:US20230052489A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17818413

    申请日:2022-08-09

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for die location detection for grouped memory dies are described. A memory device may include multiple memory die that are coupled with a shared bus. In some examples, each memory die may include a circuit configured to output an identifier associated with a location of the respective memory die. For example, a first memory die may output a first identifier, based on receiving one or more signals, that identifies a location of the first memory die. Identifying the locations of the respective memory dies may allow for the dies to be individually accessed despite being coupled with a shared bus.

    Termination for Single-Ended Mode

    公开(公告)号:US20220358994A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17662325

    申请日:2022-05-06

    Abstract: This document describes apparatuses and techniques for termination for single-ended (SE) mode operation of a memory device. In various aspects, a termination circuit can terminate an unused signal line of a differential pair to a ground or power rail using a switch element when operating in the SE mode. The termination circuit may also disconnect the unused signal line from a first input of a differential amplifier and connect a reference voltage to the first input of the differential amplifier. Based on the reference voltage, the differential amplifier amplifies an SE signal received using another signal line of the differential pair at a second input of the differential amplifier to provide a clock signal for memory operations. Thus, the termination circuit may reduce an amount by which noise associated with the unused signal line affects the differential amplifier when the memory device operates in SE mode.

    CENTRALIZED ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20220230698A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17647152

    申请日:2022-01-05

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for centralized error correction circuit are described. An apparatus may include a non-volatile memory disposed on a first die and a volatile memory disposed on a second die (different than the first die). The apparatus may also include an interface controller disposed on a third die (different than the first die and the second die). The interface controller may be coupled with the non-volatile memory and the volatile memory and may include an error correction circuit that is configured to operate on one or more codewords received from the volatile memory.

Patent Agency Ranking