IP Library Granted Patent US 10,074,413
Granted Patent B2
US 10,074,413 · App. 15/264,545 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Semiconductor storage device

Inventor: Fumiyoshi Matsuoka (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
G11C11/1675G11C11/1693G11C13/0004G11C13/0061G11C13/0069
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Patent No.
US 10,074,413
App. No.
15/264,545
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes: a first bank that includes a first memory cell group and writes data into the first memory cell group upon receipt of a first command; a second bank that includes a second memory cell group and writes data into the second memory cell group upon receipt of the first command; and a delay controller that issues the first command for the first bank upon receipt of a second command, and issues the first command for the second bank after an interval of at least a first period.

Claims (31)

1. A memory system comprising:

a memory device including a first bank that includes a first memory cell group and writes data into the first memory cell group upon receipt of a first command; and

a controller that issues a second command for the memory device to transfer data from the controller to the memory device, issues the first command for the memory device to write data into the first memory cell group, and issues a next first command after an interval of at least a first period,

wherein:

the memory device further includes a second bank that includes a second memory cell group and writes data into the second memory cell group upon receipt of the first command,

the controller issues the first command for the first bank or the second bank after the interval of at least the first period,

the first bank further includes a first buffer section,

upon receipt of the second command, the first bank holds data in the first buffer section,

upon receipt of the first command, the first bank writes data held in the first buffer section into the first memory cell group,

the second bank further includes a second buffer section,

upon receipt of the second command, the second bank holds data in the second buffer section, and

upon receipt of the first command, the second bank writes data held in the second buffer section into the second memory cell group.

2. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein:

upon receipt of the first command, the first bank resets the first bank after writing data into the first memory cell group; and

upon receipt of the first command, the second bank resets the second bank after writing data into the second memory cell group.

3. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the first memory cell group and the second memory cell group include a resistance change element capable of holding data.

4. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the first memory cell group and the second memory cell group are one of a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), a phase change random access memory (PCRAM), and a resistive random access memory (ReRAM).

5. A memory system comprising:

a memory device including a first bank that includes a first memory cell group and writes data into the first memory cell group upon receipt of a first command; and

a controller that issues a second command for the memory device to transfer data from the controller to the memory device, issues the first command for the memory device to write data into the first memory cell group, and limits a number of first commands issued during a first period,

wherein:

the memory device further includes a second bank that includes a second memory cell group and writes data into the second memory cell group upon receipt of the first command,

the first bank further includes a first buffer section,

upon receipt of the second command, the first bank holds data in the first buffer section,

upon receipt of the first command, the first bank writes data held in the first buffer section into the first memory cell group,

the second bank further includes a second buffer section,

upon receipt of the second command, the second bank holds data in the second buffer section, and

upon receipt of the first command, the second bank writes data held in the second buffer section into the second memory cell group.

6. The memory system of claim 5 , wherein:

upon receipt of the first command, the first bank resets the first bank after writing data into the first memory cell group; and

upon receipt of the first command, the second bank resets the second bank after writing data into the second memory group.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043194/0382 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2016
From: MATSUOKA, FUMIYOSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 039921/0009 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62309837 · Mar 17, 2016
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