METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARACTERIZE MEMORY

    公开(公告)号:US20230229338A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US17900551

    申请日:2022-08-31

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06

    摘要: An example device includes: converter circuitry having an output configured to couple to a first memory circuit from a plurality of memory circuits, the converter circuitry configured to: receive a first instruction formatted with a uniform protocol; and convert the first instruction from the uniform protocol to a protocol specific to the first memory circuit; logic circuitry having an input configured to couple to the first memory circuit, the logic circuitry configured to: receive a first result of the first instruction from the first memory circuit; and responsive to a second instruction, combine the first result with other results from ones of the plurality of memory circuits into an output.

    Parallel memory self-testing
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10600495B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US15891789

    申请日:2018-02-08

    IPC分类号: G11C29/38 G11C29/26 G11C29/36

    摘要: In described examples of circuitry and methods for testing multiple memories, a controller generates a sequence of commands to be applied to one or more of the memories, where each given command includes expected data, and a command address. Local adapters are individually coupled with the controller and with an associated memory. Each local adapter translates the command to a memory type of the associated memory, maps the command address to a local address of the associated memory, and provides test results to the controller according to read data from the local address of the associated memory and the expected data of the command.

    NON-VOLATILE MEMORY COMPRESSION FOR MEMORY REPAIR

    公开(公告)号:US20230409435A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18239880

    申请日:2023-08-30

    IPC分类号: G06F11/14 H03M7/30

    摘要: One example includes an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes non-volatile memory and logic. The logic is configured to receive repair code associated with a memory instance and assign a compression parameter to the repair code based on a configuration of the memory instance. The logic is also configured to compress the repair code based on the compression parameter to produce compressed repair code and to provide compressed repair data that includes the compressed repair code and compression control data that identifies the compression parameter. A non-volatile memory controller is coupled between the non-volatile memory and the logic. The non-volatile memory controller is configured to transfer the compressed repair data to and/or from the non-volatile memory.

    Non-volatile memory compression for memory repair

    公开(公告)号:US11748202B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17901337

    申请日:2022-09-01

    IPC分类号: G06F11/14 H03M7/30

    摘要: One example includes an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes non-volatile memory and logic. The logic is configured to receive repair code associated with a memory instance and assign a compression parameter to the repair code based on a configuration of the memory instance. The logic is also configured to compress the repair code based on the compression parameter to produce compressed repair code and to provide compressed repair data that includes the compressed repair code and compression control data that identifies the compression parameter. A non-volatile memory controller is coupled between the non-volatile memory and the logic. The non-volatile memory controller is configured to transfer the compressed repair data to and/or from the non-volatile memory.

    Non-volatile memory compression for memory repair

    公开(公告)号:US11436090B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-06

    申请号:US17125244

    申请日:2020-12-17

    IPC分类号: G06F11/14 H03M7/30

    摘要: One example includes an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes non-volatile memory and logic. The logic is configured to receive repair code associated with a memory instance and assign a compression parameter to the repair code based on a configuration of the memory instance. The logic is also configured to compress the repair code based on the compression parameter to produce compressed repair code and to provide compressed repair data that includes the compressed repair code and compression control data that identifies the compression parameter. A non-volatile memory controller is coupled between the non-volatile memory and the logic. The non-volatile memory controller is configured to transfer the compressed repair data to and/or from the non-volatile memory.

    Optimizing fuseROM usage for memory repair
    8.
    发明授权
    Optimizing fuseROM usage for memory repair 有权
    优化fuseROM用于内存修复

    公开(公告)号:US09053799B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-09

    申请号:US14038306

    申请日:2013-09-26

    摘要: A memory repair system in an integrated circuit (IC) that optimizes the fuseROM used for memory repair. The IC includes a plurality of memory wrappers. Each memory wrapper includes a memory block with a fuse register and a bypass register. The bypass register has a bypass data that indicates a defective memory wrapper of the plurality of memory wrappers. A fuseROM controller is coupled to the plurality of memory wrappers. A memory bypass chain links the bypass registers in the plurality of memory wrappers with the fuseROM controller. The fuseROM controller loads the bypass data in the memory bypass chain. A memory data chain links the fuse registers in the plurality of memory wrappers with the fuseROM controller. The memory data chain is re-configured to link the fuse registers in a set of defective memory wrappers of the plurality of memory wrappers responsive to the bypass data loaded in the memory bypass chain.

    摘要翻译: 集成电路(IC)中的存储器修复系统,其优化用于存储器修复的熔丝ROM。 IC包括多个存储器包装器。 每个存储器包装器包括具有熔丝寄存器和旁路寄存器的存储器块。 旁路寄存器具有指示多个存储器包装器的有缺陷的存储器包装器的旁路数据。 熔丝ROM控制器耦合到多个存储器包装器。 存储器旁路链将多个存储器封装器中的旁路寄存器与熔丝ROM控制器链接。 fuseROM控制器将旁路数据加载到内存旁路链中。 存储器数据链将多个存储器包装器中的熔丝寄存器与熔丝ROM控制器链接。 存储器数据链被重新配置为响应于加载在存储器旁路链中的旁路数据,将多个存储器包装器中的一组缺陷存储器包装器中的熔丝寄存器链接。

    MEMORY BIST CIRCUIT AND METHOD
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240170083A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18057801

    申请日:2022-11-22

    IPC分类号: G11C29/12 G11C29/18 G11C29/46

    摘要: An electronic circuit includes: a memory including a data input, an address input, a command input, and a data output; a register having a data input coupled to the data output of the memory; a comparator circuit having a first data input coupled to the data output of the memory, and a second data input coupled to a data output of the register; an inverter circuit having a data input coupled to the data output of the register, and a data output coupled to the data input of the memory; and a controller having a command output coupled to the command input of the memory, an address output coupled to the address input of the memory, and a fault input coupled to a data output of the comparator circuit, where the controller is configured to determine whether the memory has a fault based on the fault input of the controller.