IP Library Granted Patent US 7,236,397
Granted Patent B2
US 7,236,397 · App. 11/010,515 · Granted Jun 26, 2007

Redundancy circuit for NAND flash memory device

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Patent No.
US 7,236,397
App. No.
11/010,515
Granted
Jun 26, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A redundancy circuit for a NAND flash memory device reduces a test time and production time of the device, by performing a redundancy operation through a repair select unit using a cam cell. In addition, the redundancy circuit employs a repair method using a redundancy cam which can perform the repair operation much faster than a general repair method using fuse cutting.

Claims (15)

1. A redundancy circuit for a NAND flash memory device, comprising:

a plurality of main cell blocks in which a plurality of memory cells are connected, to store data;

a redundancy cell block to repair the memory cells of the main cell blocks;

a main page buffer unit to sense the data of the memory cells of the main cell blocks, or to buffer external data and apply the buffered data to the main cell blocks;

a redundancy page buffer unit to sense the data of the memory cells of the redundancy cell block, or buffer the external data and apply the buffered data to the redundancy cell block;

a content addressable memory(CAM) cell unit to store information on a repaired address, and output a redundancy control signal; and

a repair select unit to apply the external data to the main page buffer unit or the redundancy page buffer unit according to the redundancy control signal, the repair select unit comprising:

a latch to latch a predetermined signal;

a first NMOS transistor connected to a first input terminal of the latch, to control the signal of the latch according to the redundancy control signal;

a second NMOS transistor connected to a second input terminal of the latch, to reset the latch according to an external content addressable memory(CAM) reset signal;

a third NMOS transistor to transmit the external data to the main page buffer unit according to the first input terminal of the latch; and

a fourth NMOS transistor to transmit the external data to the redundancy page buffer unit according to the second input terminal of the latch.

2. The redundancy circuit of claim 1 , wherein each of the main page buffer unit and the redundancy page buffer unit comprises:

a main page buffer to apply predetermined data to the memory cells, and receive data from the memory cells; and

a cache page buffer to receive the external data from the repair select unit, and apply the data to the main page buffer.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2015
From: NUMONYX B. V.
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 036319/0139 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 10, 2015
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 036319/0271 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2006
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.; STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 018207/0057 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2005
From: KIM, EUI SUK
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 015872/0789 →