Abstract:
A semiconductor die may include a first delay circuit formed on a substrate and configured to delay a test signal, the first delay circuit including first delay stages connected in series, a second delay circuit formed on the substrate and configured to delay the test signal, the second delay circuit including second delay stages connected in series, at least one through silicon via connected to at least one output terminal of output terminals of the first delay stages, the at least one through silicon via penetrating through the substrate, and a load determinator configured to compare a first delay signal output from one of the first delay stages with a second delay signal output from one of the second delay stages and determine a load of the at least one through silicon via.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device includes an interface semiconductor die, at least one memory semiconductor die, and through-silicon vias connecting the interface semiconductor die and the memory semiconductor die. The interface semiconductor die includes command pins to receive command signals transferred from a memory controller and an interface command decoder to decode the command signals. The memory semiconductor die includes a memory integrated circuit configured to store data and a memory command decoder to decode the command signals transferred from the interface semiconductor die. The interface semiconductor die does not include a clock enable pin to receive a clock enable signal from the memory controller. The interface and memory command decoders generate interface and memory clock enable signals to control clock supply with respect to the interface and memory semiconductor dies based on a power mode command transferred through the plurality of command pins from the memory controller.
Abstract:
A memory die of a memory device includes a first first-in first-out (FIFO) circuit that samples data output from a memory cell array and outputs the data to a buffer die through a first through silicon via, based on a control signal transmitted from the buffer die. A buffer die of the memory device includes a second FIFO circuit that samples the data output from the first FIFO unit based on the control signal transmitted from the memory die through a second through silicon via, a calibration circuit that generates a delay code, based on a latency of a path from the buffer die to the first FIFO circuit and from the first FIFO circuit to the second FIFO circuit, and a delay control circuit that generates the control signal transmitted to the memory die through a third through silicon via, based on the read command and the delay code.
Abstract:
A memory device may include a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, and an internal operation circuit configured to perform a test operation in a test mode using a parallel bit operation of simultaneously comparing a plurality of bits and also perform an internal operation including a comparison operation with respect to external data in a normal mode other than the test mode using the parallel bit operation.
Abstract:
A semiconductor apparatus includes two or more semiconductor chips and a tester. The two or more semiconductor chips are electrically connected through one or more through-silicon vias (TSVs). The tester is on at least one of the two or more semiconductor chips and tests the state of at least one TSV based on an output signal of the TSV. The TSV is selected as a signal transmission TSV based on the state of the TSV.