IP Library Granted Patent US 10,515,675
Granted Patent B2
US 10,515,675 · App. 15/650,460 · Granted Dec 24, 2019

Memory device, operating method thereof, and operating method of memory system including the same

Inventors: Sang-Gu Jo (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sung-Eun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jung-Hyun Kwon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
G11C7/22G11C7/222G11C11/4076G11C11/4093G11C11/4096G11C5/066G11C7/1006G11C7/1051G11C7/1084
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Patent No.
US 10,515,675
App. No.
15/650,460
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a memory device includes: receiving a write command; checking out whether a data strobe signal toggles or not after a given time passes from a moment when the write command is received; when the data strobe signal is checked out to be maintained at a uniform level, detecting voltage levels of a plurality of data pads; and performing an operation that is selected based on the voltage levels of the plurality of the data pads among a plurality of predetermined operations.

Claims (23)

1. A memory device comprising:

a strobe toggle sensing circuit suitable for sensing whether or not a data strobe signal toggles when data is received within a time period equal to a write latency from when a write command is applied;

a serial-to-parallel converting circuit suitable for, when a toggling of the data strobe signal is sensed, performing a serial-to-parallel conversion onto data that are received through a plurality of data pads to produce parallel data, and transferring the parallel data to a memory core; and

a pattern generating circuit suitable for, when the toggling of the data strobe signal is not sensed, transferring a data pattern that is selected based on voltage levels of the plurality of the data pads, from a plurality of data patterns, to the memory core.

2. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the strobe toggle sensing circuit applies the data strobe signal as an input strobe signal when the toggling of the data strobe signal is sensed, and applies a clock as the input strobe signal when the toggling of the data strobe signal is not sensed.

3. The memory device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a plurality of data receiving circuits suitable for receiving data from the plurality of the data pads in synchronization with the input strobe signal.

4. The memory device of claim 3 , further comprising:

a clock receiving circuit suitable for receiving the clock.

5. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the strobe toggle sensing circuit senses whether or not the data strobe signal toggles after a given time passes from the write command.

6. The memory device of claim 5 , wherein the given time includes a write latency.

7. A memory system comprising:

a memory device; and

a memory controller suitable for controlling the memory device,

wherein the memory device comprises:

a strobe toggle sensing circuit suitable for sensing whether or not a data strobe signal transferred from the memory controller toggles when data is received within a time period equal to a write latency from when a write command is applied;

a serial-to-parallel converting circuit suitable for, when a toggling of the data strobe signal is sensed, performing a serial-to-parallel conversion onto data that are transferred from the memory controller through a plurality of data pads to produce parallel data, and transferring the parallel data to a memory core; and

a pattern generating circuit suitable for, when the toggling of the data strobe signal is not sensed, transferring a data pattern that is selected based on voltage levels of the plurality of the data pads, from a plurality of data patterns, to the memory core.

8. The memory system of claim 7 , wherein the strobe toggle sensing circuit applies the data strobe signal as an input strobe signal when the toggling of the data strobe signal is sensed, and applies a clock as the input strobe signal when the toggling of the data strobe signal is not sensed, and

wherein the memory device further comprises:

a plurality of data receiving circuits suitable for receiving data from the plurality of the data pads in synchronization with the input strobe signal.

9. The memory system of claim 7 , wherein the strobe toggle sensing circuit senses whether or not the data strobe signal toggles after a given time passes from the write command.

10. The memory system of claim 9 , wherein the given time includes a write latency.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067335/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: JO, SANG-GU; LEE, SUNG-EUN; KWON, JUNG-HYUN
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 043204/0891 →
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