IP Library Granted Patent US 6,915,476
Granted Patent B2
US 6,915,476 · App. 11/004,799 · Granted Jul 5, 2005

Redundancy semiconductor memory device with error correction code (ECC) circuits for correcting errors in recovery fuse data

Assignees: Elpida Memory, Inc.; Hitachi ULSI Systems Co. Ltd.; Hitachi, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 6,915,476
App. No.
11/004,799
Granted
Jul 5, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a memory array having first to Nth banks, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The memory array further includes a redundancy block having first to Nth column recovery circuit blocks corresponding to the first to Nth banks, first to Nth row recovery circuit blocks corresponding to the first to Nth banks, first to Nth ECC fuse blocks corresponding to the first to Nth banks, and first to Nth ECC circuits corresponding to the first to Nth banks. During initial cycles, the first to Nth ECC circuits correct errors in column recovery fuse data in the first to Nth column recovery circuit blocks and errors in row recovery fuse data in the first to Nth row recovery circuit blocks by using ECC fuse data in the first to Nth ECC fuse blocks, respectively.

Claims (19)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit device including a memory array having first to Nth banks, where N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, the memory array further including a redundancy block comprising:

first to Nth column recovery circuit blocks corresponding to the first to Nth banks;

first to Nth row recovery circuit blocks corresponding to the first to Nth banks;

first to Nth ECC fuse blocks corresponding to the first to Nth banks; and

first to Nth ECC circuits corresponding to the first to Nth banks;

wherein, during initial cycles started by an input of an initial-cycle start command to the semiconductor integrated circuit device, the first to Nth ECC circuits correct errors in column recovery fuse data in the first to Nth column recovery circuit blocks and row recovery fuse data in the first to Nth row recovery circuit blocks by using ECC fuse data in the first to Nth ECC fuse blocks, respectively.

2. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the input of the initial-cycle start command to the semiconductor integrated circuit device is carried out by powering on the semiconductor integrated circuit device.

3. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the semiconductor integrated circuit device comprises a double data rate-2 synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR-2 SDRAM), the initial-cycle start command is an extended mode register set (EMRS) command generated for locking a delayed locked loop (DLL) circuit in the semiconductor integrated circuit device at power-on time, and

the initial cycles are 200 cycles starting from an input time of the EMRS command.

4. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein:

during the initial cycles started by an input of an initial-cycle start command to the semiconductor integrated circuit device, the first to Nth ECC circuits correct errors in column recovery fuse data in the first to Nth column recovery circuit blocks and errors in row recovery fuse data in the first to Nth row recovery circuit blocks by using ECC fuse data in the first to Nth ECC fuse blocks, respectively, and store the error-corrected column recovery fuse data and the error-corrected row recovery fuse data in latch circuits in the first to Nth column recovery circuit blocks and the first to Nth row recovery circuit blocks, respectively.

5. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the column recovery fuse data in the first to Nth column recovery circuit blocks and the row recovery fuse data in the first to Nth row recovery circuit blocks are programmed by using recovery fuses.

6. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the ECC fuse data in the first to Nth ECC fuse blocks are programmed by using ECC fuses.

7. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the column recovery fuse data in the first to Nth column recovery circuit blocks and the row recovery fuse data in the first to Nth row recovery circuit blocks are programmed by using recovery fuses and the ECC fuse data in the first to Nth ECC fuse blocks are programmed by using ECC fuses.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039793/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039818/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032899/0588 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2007
From: HITACHI, LTD.; HITACHI ULSI SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 019280/0839 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2004
From: MORINO, MAKOTO; NAKAMURA, MASAYUKI
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.; HITACHI ULSI SYSTEMS CO., LTD.; HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 015496/0096 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-408863 · Dec 8, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050122800A1 · Jun 9, 2005