MEMORY CONTROLLERS, MEMORY SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME AND MEMORY MODULES

    公开(公告)号:US20210133028A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16878793

    申请日:2020-05-20

    Abstract: A memory controller configured to control a memory module including a plurality of memory devices which constitute a first channel and a second channel includes an error correction code (ECC) engine, and a control circuit configured to control the ECC engine. The ECC engine is configured to generate a codeword including a plurality of symbols by adaptively constructing, based on device information including mapping information, each of the plurality of symbols from a predetermined number of data bits received via a plurality of input/output pads of each of the plurality of memory devices, and transmit the codeword to the memory module. The mapping information indicates whether each of the plurality of input/output pads is mapped to the same symbol among the plurality of symbols or different symbols among the plurality of symbols. Each of the plurality of symbols corresponds to a unit of error correction of the ECC engine.

    METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROW HAMMER AND A MEMORY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230044186A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17741604

    申请日:2022-05-11

    Abstract: A memory device including: a memory cell array including memory cell rows; and a control logic circuit to perform a row, write, read, or pre-charge operation on the memory cell rows in response to an active, write, read, or pre-charge command, wherein the control logic circuit is further configured to: calculate a first count value by counting the active command and a second count value by counting the write command or the read command, with respect to a first memory cell row, during a row hammer monitor time frame; determine a type of row hammer of the first memory cell row based on a ratio of the first count value to the second count value; and adjust a pre-charge preparation time between an active operation and the pre-charge operation, by changing a pre-charge operation time point according to the determined type of row hammer.

    Memory module with reduced ECC overhead and memory system

    公开(公告)号:US11222709B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-11

    申请号:US16916463

    申请日:2020-06-30

    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory module and a memory controller. The memory module includes data chips that store data and are assigned to a first sub-channel that generates a first code word or a second sub-channel that generates a second code word, where the first code word and the second code are used to fill a single cache line. The memory controller, upon detection of a hard-fail data chip among the data chips, copies data from the hard-fail data chip to the ECC chip, releases mapping between the hard-fail data chip and corresponding I/O, and defines new mapping between the ECC chip and the corresponding I/O pins.

    Memory controllers, memory systems including the same and memory modules

    公开(公告)号:US11068347B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16878793

    申请日:2020-05-20

    Abstract: A memory controller configured to control a memory module including a plurality of memory devices which constitute a first channel and a second channel includes an error correction code (ECC) engine, and a control circuit configured to control the ECC engine. The ECC engine is configured to generate a codeword including a plurality of symbols by adaptively constructing, based on device information including mapping information, each of the plurality of symbols from a predetermined number of data bits received via a plurality of input/output pads of each of the plurality of memory devices, and transmit the codeword to the memory module. The mapping information indicates whether each of the plurality of input/output pads is mapped to the same symbol among the plurality of symbols or different symbols among the plurality of symbols. Each of the plurality of symbols corresponds to a unit of error correction of the ECC engine.

    Method of controlling row hammer and a memory device

    公开(公告)号:US11967352B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17741604

    申请日:2022-05-11

    CPC classification number: G11C11/40615 G11C11/40622 G11C11/4093 G11C11/4096

    Abstract: A memory device including: a memory cell array including memory cell rows; and a control logic circuit to perform a row, write, read, or pre-charge operation on the memory cell rows in response to an active, write, read, or pre-charge command, wherein the control logic circuit is further configured to: calculate a first count value by counting the active command and a second count value by counting the write command or the read command, with respect to a first memory cell row, during a row hammer monitor time frame; determine a type of row hammer of the first memory cell row based on a ratio of the first count value to the second count value; and adjust a pre-charge preparation time between an active operation and the pre-charge operation, by changing a pre-charge operation time point according to the determined type of row hammer.

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