IP Library Granted Patent US 9,779,834
Granted Patent B2
US 9,779,834 · App. 15/184,762 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Memory system for improving programming operation on fuse array

Inventor: Choung-Ki Song (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
G11C17/16G06F13/1636G11C11/40611G11C17/18G11C29/78G11C29/783
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Patent No.
US 9,779,834
App. No.
15/184,762
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device includes a command buffering unit suitable for receiving and buffering a command signal based on an enable control signal, a fuse array suitable for programming data based on the command signal, and an enable control unit suitable for generating the enable control signal, wherein an activation operation on the command buffering unit by the enable control signal is controlled during a programming operation period of the fuse array.

Claims (22)

1. A memory system, comprising:

a semiconductor memory device suitable for programming predetermined data on a fuse array during a programming operation period, and accessing the programmed data during a normal operation; and

a controller suitable for receiving information corresponding to the programming operation period, and generating a command signal for the semiconductor memory device based on the information,

wherein the semiconductor memory device includes:

a command buffering unit suitable for receiving and buffering a command signal based on an enable control signal;

a fuse array suitable for programming data based on the command signal; and

an enable control unit suitable for generating the enable control signal, wherein an activation operation on the command buffering unit by the enable control signal is controlled during a programming operation period of the fuse array.

2. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the controller generates the command signal, which is not related to an access operation on the programmed data during the programming operation period.

3. The memory system of claim 2 , wherein the controller generates the command signal corresponding to a refresh operation outside the programming operation period.

4. A memory system, comprising:

a controller suitable for transferring a command signal through a common transmission line; and

a plurality of semiconductor memory devices suitable for receiving the command signal, performing an operation corresponding to the command signal, programming predetermined data on a fuse array during a programming operation period, and accessing a programmed data during a normal operation,

wherein, when the programming operation is performed on at least one of the semiconductor memory devices, an input operation of the command signal is limited to the at least one of the semiconductor memory devices,

wherein each of the semiconductor memory devices includes:

a command buffering unit suitable for receiving and buffering a command signal based on an enable control signal;

a fuse array suitable for programming data based on the command signal; and

an enable control unit suitable for generating the enable control signal, wherein an activation operation on the command buffering unit by the enable control signal is controlled during a programming operation period of the fuse array.

5. The memory system of claim 4 , wherein when the programming operation is performed on at least one of the semiconductor memory devices, the other semiconductor memory devices perform an operation other than the programming operation.

6. The memory system of claim 4 , wherein the enable control unit adjusts an activation width of the enable control signal based on period information corresponding the programming operation period.

7. The memory system of claim 4 , wherein the operation other than the programming operation, include an access operation on the programmed data.

8. The memory system of claim 7 , wherein the operation other than the programming operation, include a refresh operation.

9. The memory system of claim 4 , wherein the semiconductor memory devices are mounted on a module.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0027220 · Mar 7, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14491754 · Sep 19, 2014
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