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US 11,925,035 · App. 17/973,557 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

System architecture, structure and method for hybrid random access memory in a system-on-chip

Inventors: Po-Kai Hsu (Tainan, TW); Hui-Lin Wang (Taipei, TW); Ching-Hua Hsu (Kaohsiung, TW); Yi-Yu Lin (Taichung, TW); Ju-Chun Fan (Tainan, TW); Hung-Yueh Chen (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H10B63/80H10B61/00H10N50/01H10N50/10H10N50/80H10N70/063H10N70/24H10N70/826H10N70/8833
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Patent No.
US 11,925,035
App. No.
17/973,557
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid random access memory for a system-on-chip (SOC), including a semiconductor substrate with a MRAM region and a ReRAM region, a first dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate, multiple ReRAM cells in the first dielectric layer on the ReRAM region, a second dielectric layer above the first dielectric layer, and multiple MRAM cells in the second dielectric layer on the MRAM region.

Claims (21)

1. A system architecture for hybrid random access memory in a system-on-chip, comprising:

a computing unit;

a hybrid register coupled to said computing unit;

multiple magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) blocks, wherein each of said MRAM blocks comprises multiple MRAM cells coupled to a MRAM controller, and said MRAM controller is coupled to said hybrid register; and

multiple resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) blocks, wherein each of said ReRAM blocks comprises multiple ReRAM cells coupled to a ReRAM controller, and said ReRAM controller is coupled to said hybrid register;

wherein said ReRAM cells and said MRAM cells are on the same semiconductor substrate.

2. The system architecture for hybrid random access memory in a system-on-chip according to claim 1 , wherein said MRAM blocks are coupled to said ReRAM blocks.

3. The system architecture for hybrid random access memory in a system-on-chip according to claim 1 , wherein each of said MRAM blocks further comprises:

a hot spare coupled to said MRAM cells;

a data backup unit coupled to said MRAM controller; and

a redundant array of independent drivers (RAID) fail unit coupled to said MRAM controller.

4. The system architecture for hybrid random access memory in a system-on-chip according to claim 1 , wherein each of said ReRAM blocks further comprises:

a hot spare coupled to said ReRAM cells; and

a RAID fail unit coupled to said ReRAM controller.

5. The system architecture for hybrid random access memory in a system-on-chip according to claim 1 , wherein said hybrid register comprises a high-speed data register and a low-speed data register.

6. The system architecture for hybrid random access memory in a system-on-chip according to claim 1 , wherein said computing unit comprises:

a chip;

a high-speed data computing controller coupled to said chip;

a low-speed data computing controller coupled to said chip;

a processor coupled to said chip; and

a cache coupled to said processor.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010855208.7 · Aug 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17033901 · Sep 27, 2020
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