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Granted Patent B2
US 11,769,565 · App. 17/376,411 · Granted Sep 26, 2023

Memory device and operating method thereof

Inventor: Seung Hyun Chung (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
G11C29/36G11C29/12015G11C29/14G11C29/46
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Patent No.
US 11,769,565
App. No.
17/376,411
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A memory device which can perform various memory tests without increasing a size of the memory device. The memory device includes: a first pad for receiving external ROM data from a memory controller; a second pad for receiving an external clock signal corresponding to the external ROM data from the memory controller; and a control logic connected to the first pad and the second pad and configured to perform an operation corresponding to the external ROM data in response to the external clock signal in a test mode.

Claims (37)

1. A memory device comprising:

a first pad configured to receive external ROM data from a memory controller, the external ROM data received from outside of the memory device;

a second pad configured to receive an external clock signal corresponding to the external ROM data from the memory controller, the external clock signal received from outside of the memory device; and

a control logic connected to the first pad and the second pad and configured to perform an operation corresponding to the external ROM data and in synchronization with the external clock signal in a test mode.

2. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the control logic includes:

a test mode controller configured to generate a test mode control signal for activating the test mode; and

a micro controller configured to perform the operation corresponding to the external ROM data in response to the external clock signal.

3. The memory device of claim 2 , wherein the control logic further includes a ROM data receiver configured to receive the external ROM data through the first pad in response to the test mode control signal.

4. The memory device of claim 3 , wherein the micro controller includes an external ROM data latch configured to store the external ROM data.

5. The memory device of claim 2 , wherein the control logic further includes a clock signal receiver configured to receive the external clock signal through the second pad in response to the test mode control signal.

6. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the first pad is an input/output pad which receives data input from the memory controller or outputs the data to the memory controller.

7. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the second pad is a read enable pad which receives a read enable signal from the memory controller.

8. A method for operating a memory device, the method comprising:

receiving external ROM data from a memory controller through a first pad, the external ROM data received from outside of the memory device;

receiving an external clock signal corresponding to the external ROM data from the memory controller through a second pad, the external clock signal received from outside of the memory device; and

performing an operation corresponding to the external ROM data, in synchronization with the external clock signal, in response to a test mode.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising generating a test mode control signal for activating the test mode.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein, in the receiving of the external ROM data, the external ROM data is received in response to the test mode control signal.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising storing the external ROM data.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein, in the receiving the external clock signal, the external clock signal is received in response to the test mode control signal.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first pad is an input/output pad which receives data input from the memory controller or outputs the data to the memory controller.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second pad is a read enable pad which receives a read enable signal from the memory controller.

15. A memory device comprising:

a ROM configured to store internal ROM data;

a clock signal generator configured to generate an internal clock signal corresponding to the internal ROM data;

a first pad configured to receive external ROM data from a memory controller;

a second pad configured to receive an external clock signal corresponding to the external ROM data from the memory controller; and

a control logic connected to the ROM, the clock signal generator, the first pad and the second pad and configured to perform one of an operation corresponding to the internal ROM data and an operation corresponding to the external ROM data according to an operation mode.

16. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the control logic includes:

a ROM data receiver configured to receive one of the internal ROM data and the external ROM data according to the operation mode;

a clock signal receiver configured to receive one of the internal clock signal and the external clock signal according to the operation mode; and

a micro controller configured to perform the operation corresponding to the internal ROM data in response to the internal clock signal or perform the operation corresponding to the external ROM data in response to the external clock signal, according to the operation mode.

17. The memory device of claim 16 , wherein the control logic further includes a test mode controller configured to generate a test mode control signal for activating a test mode.

18. The memory device of claim 17 ,

wherein the ROM data receiver receives the external ROM data through the first pad in response to the test mode control signal, and

wherein the clock signal receiver receives the external clock signal through the second pad in response to the test mode control signal.

19. The memory device of claim 18 , wherein the micro controller includes an external ROM data latch configured to store the external ROM data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2021
From: CHUNG, SEUNG HYUN
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 056887/0075 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0015000 · Feb 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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