Memory packaged chip and signal processing method therefor
View Patent ↗A memory packaged chip and a signal processing method therefor are provided. The memory packaged chip includes at least a memory chip and an expander chip capable of receiving a same external input signal; there are a pair of inter-chip pins connected to each other between the memory chip and the expander chip; and the memory chip generates a first control signal according to the external input signal, and transmit the first control signal to the expander chip through the pair of inter-chip pins to disable or enable an input function of the expander chip.
1. A memory packaged chip, comprising a package body, wherein an inner part of the package body comprises at least a memory chip and an expansion chip capable of receiving a same external input signal;
wherein there are a pair of inter-chip pins connected to each other between the memory chip and the expansion chip;
wherein the memory chip is further configured to generate a first control signal according to the external input signal, and transmit the first control signal to the expansion chip through the pair of inter-chip pins to disable or enable an input function of the expansion chip, causing the expansion chip and the memory chip to be in a non-synchronous state; and wherein when the input function of the expansion chip is disabled, a transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip is prohibited; and when the input function of the expansion chip is enabled, the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip is allowed.
2. The memory packaged chip of claim 1 , wherein the external input signal comprises a continuous read mode enabling signal, and the memory chip generates, according to the continuous read mode enabling signal, the first control signal that disables the input function of the expansion chip.
3. The memory packaged chip of claim 1 , wherein the inner part of the expansion chip is provided with a logic processing unit; and the logic processing unit is configured to perform a logic operation on the external input signal and the first control signal to prohibit or allow the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip.
4. The memory packaged chip of claim 3 , wherein the logic processing unit comprises:
an inverter configured to receive and invert the first control signal; and
a first control unit configured to receive the external input signal and the first control signal that has been inverted, and configured to prohibit the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip when the first control signal is configured to a signal that disables the input function of the expansion chip, and to allow the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip when the first control signal is a signal that enables the input function of the expansion chip.
5. The memory packaged chip of claim 1 , wherein an inner part of the memory chip is provided with at least a first preprocessing unit, and the first preprocessing unit is configured to receive the external input signal, perform a preprocess, and have an output; and wherein the preprocess comprises at least one of noise reduction, filtering, shaping, error correction, signal enhancement, and data buffering.
6. The memory packaged chip of claim 1 , wherein the inner part of the expansion chip is provided with at least a second preprocessing unit and a third preprocessing unit; the second preprocessing unit is configured to receive the external input signal, perform a preprocess, and have an output; the third preprocessing unit is configured to receive the first control signal, perform a preprocess, and have an output; and the preprocess comprises at least one of noise reduction, filtering, shaping, error correction, signal enhancement, and data buffering.
7. The memory packaged chip of claim 1 , wherein
an inner part of the memory chip is provided with a first decoder, and the first decoder is configured to receive and decode the external input signal and generate the first control signal; and
the inner part of the expansion chip is provided with a second decoder, and the second decoder is configured to receive and decode the external input signal when the first control signal is a signal that enables the input function of the expansion chip.
8. The memory packaged chip of claim 7 , wherein the prohibited transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip is done by one of setting all of the signals transmitted into the second decoder to be 0, setting all of the signals transmitted into the second decoder to be 1, and disconnecting a transmission path of the external input signal into the second decoder.
9. The memory packaged chip of claim 1 , wherein the memory chip is a serial peripheral interface (SPI) flash chip, and the expansion chip is a replay protection monotonic counter (RPMC) chip; and the SPI flash chip and the RPMC chip use their respective internal communication pins respectively as the inter-chip pins.
10. The memory packaged chip of claim 1 , wherein the expansion chip is further configured to provide a second control signal to select a step of receiving the first control signal or select a step of enabling the input function of the expansion chip.
11. The memory packaged chip of claim 10 , wherein the inner part of the expansion chip is provided with a logic processing unit and the logic processing unit is configured to perform a logic operation on the external input signal, the first control signal, and the second control signal to prohibit or allow the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip.
12. The memory packaged chip of claim 11 , wherein the logic processing unit comprises:
a second control unit configured to receive and perform a logic operation on the second control signal and the first control signal, and output a logic control signal, wherein the logic control signal is a signal that enables the input function of the expansion chip or is the first control signal that has been logically operated; and
a first control unit configured to receive the external input signal and the logic control signal, and configured to allow the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip when the logic control signal is the signal that enables the input function of the expansion chip, and prohibit or allow the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip according to the first control signal when the logic control signal is the first control signal that has been logically operated.
13. A signal processing method for the memory packaged chip, wherein an inner part of a package body of the memory packaged chip comprises at least a memory chip and an expansion chip, and there are a pair of inter-chip pins connected to each other between the memory chip and the expansion chip; and the method comprises the following steps:
by the memory chip and the expansion chip, receiving a same external input signal;
by the memory chip, decoding the external input signal and generating a first control signal;
by the memory chip, transmitting the first control signal to the expansion chip through the pair of inter-chip pins; and
by the expansion chip, receiving the first control signal, and disabling or enabling an input function of the expansion chip according to the first control signal, causing the expansion chip and the memory chip to be in a non-synchronous state; wherein when the input function of the expansion chip is disabled, a transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip is prohibited; and when the input function of the expansion chip is enabled, the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip is allowed.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the external input signal comprises a continuous read mode enabling signal, and the step of, by the memory chip, decoding the external input signal and generating a first control signal comprises, by the memory chip, generating, according to the continuous read mode enabling signal, the first control signal that disables the input function of the expansion chip.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of, by the expansion chip, receiving the first control signal, and disabling or enabling an input function of the expansion chip according to the first control signal comprises:
receiving and inverting the first control signal; and
receiving the external input signal and the first control signal that has been inverted, and prohibiting the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip when the first control signal is a signal that disables the input function of the expansion chip, and allowing the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip when the first control signal is a signal that enables the input function of the expansion chip.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of, by the memory chip and the expansion chip, receiving a same external input signal comprises:
by the memory chip and the expansion chip, preprocessing the external input signal that has been received; wherein the preprocessing comprises at least one of noise reduction, filtering, shaping, error correction, signal enhancement, and data buffering.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of, by the expansion chip, receiving the first control signal comprises, by the expansion chip, preprocessing the first control signal that has been received; and wherein the preprocessing comprises at least one of noise reduction, filtering, shaping, error correction, signal enhancement, and data buffering.
18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the memory chip is an SPI flash chip, and the expansion chip is an RPMC chip; and the SPI flash chip and the RPMC chip use their respective internal communication pins respectively as the inter-chip pins.
19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises, by the expansion chip, configuring a second control signal to select a step of receiving the first control signal or select a step of enabling the input function of the expansion chip.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the step of, by the expansion chip, configuring a second control signal to select a step of receiving the first control signal or select a step of enabling the input function of the expansion chip comprises:
receiving and performing logic operation on the second control signal and the first control signal, and outputting a logic control signal, wherein the logic control signal is a signal that enables the input function of the expansion chip or is the first control signal that has been logically operated; and
receiving the external input signal and the logic control signal, and allowing the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip when the logic control signal is the signal that enables the input function of the expansion chip and prohibiting or allowing the transmission of the external input signal in the expansion chip according to the first control signal when the logic control signal is the first control signal that has been logically operated.