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US 10,916,315 · App. 16/779,484 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Nonvolatile memory device

Inventors: Seung Woo Yu (Suwon-si, KR); Sang Lok Kim (Seoul, KR); Byung Kwan Chun (Seoul, KR); Byung Hoon Jeong (Gyeonggi-Do, KR); Jeong Don Ihm (Seongnam-si, KR); Young Don Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G11C16/32G11C7/1012G11C7/1078G11C7/22
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Patent No.
US 10,916,315
App. No.
16/779,484
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nonvolatile memory device includes a first memory cell array, a first bi-directional multiplexer, a first register, a second register, a first I/O pad and a second I/O pad. The first memory cell array stores first data. The first bi-directional multiplexer receives the first data and distributes the first data into first sub-data and second sub-data. The first register stores first sub-data from the first bi-directional multiplexer. The second register stores second sub-data from a second bi-directional multiplexer. The first I/O pad outputs the first sub-data from the first register to outside. The second I/O pad outputs the second sub-data from the second register to the outside.

Claims (90)

1. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising:

a first memory cell array which stores first data;

a first bi-directional multiplexer which receives the first data and distributes the first data into first sub-data and second sub-data;

a second bi-directional multiplexer which receives the second sub-data from the first bi-directional multiplexer;

a first register which stores the first sub-data from the first bi-directional multiplexer;

a second register which stores the second sub-data from the second bi-directional multiplexer;

a first I/O pad which outputs the first sub-data from the first register to outside; and

a second I/O pad which outputs the second sub-data from the second register to the outside.

2. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second memory cell array which stores second data,

wherein the second bi-directional multiplexer receives the second data, and distributes the second data into third sub-data and fourth sub-data,

the first bi-directional multiplexer receives the third sub-data,

the first register receives and stores the third sub-data from the first bi-directional multiplexer,

the second register receives and stores the fourth sub-data from the second bi-directional multiplexer, and

the first I/O pad and the second I/O pad output the third sub-data and the fourth sub-data to the outside, respectively.

3. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 2 , wherein the first register comprises a first sub-register and a second sub-register,

the first sub-register is connected to a part of the first I/O pad, and

the second sub-register is connected to a remainder of the first I/O pad.

4. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 3 , wherein the first register is one of first registers and the first I/O pad is one of first I/O pads provided in one-to-one relationships with the first registers.

5. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 4 , wherein the second register comprises a third sub-register and a fourth sub-register,

the third sub-register is connected to a part of the second I/O pad, and

the fourth sub-register is connected to a remainder of the second I/O pad.

6. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a second memory cell array which stores third data;

a third bi-directional multiplexer which receives the third data and distributes the third data into fifth sub-data, sixth sub-data and seventh sub-data;

a third register which stores the seventh sub-data from the third bi-directional multiplexer, and

a third I/O pad which outputs the seventh sub-data from the third register to the outside,

wherein the third bi-directional multiplexer transmits the fifth sub-data and the sixth sub-data to the second bi-directional multiplexer,

the second bi-directional multiplexer transmits the sixth sub-data to the second register,

the second bi-directional multiplexer transmits the fifth sub-data to the first bi-directional multiplexer,

the first bi-directional multiplexer transmits the fifth sub-data to the first register,

the first I/O pad outputs the fifth sub-data from the first bi-directional multiplexer to the outside, and

the second I/O pad outputs the sixth sub-data from the second bi-directional multiplexer to the outside.

7. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 6 , wherein the third register comprises a fifth sub-register and a sixth sub-register,

the fifth sub-register is connected to a part of the third I/O pad, and

the sixth sub-register is connected to a remainder of the third I/O pad.

8. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 7 , wherein the third register and the third I/O pad are in a one-to-one relationship.

9. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 2 , wherein the first memory cell array includes a first page buffer driver,

the second memory cell array includes a second page buffer driver,

the first bi-directional multiplexer receives the first data from the first page buffer driver, and

the second bi-directional multiplexer receives the second data from the second page buffer driver.

10. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising:

a first I/O pad which receives first data;

a first register which stores the first data and transmits the first data to the first I/O pad;

a first bi-directional multiplexer which transmits the first data to the first register, the first data including first sub-data and second sub-data;

a second bi-directional multiplexer which transmits the second sub-data;

a first memory cell array which stores the first sub-data and transmits the first sub-data to the first bi-directional multiplexer; and

a second memory cell array which stores the second sub-data and transmits the second sub-data to the second bi-directional multiplexer.

11. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a second I/O pad which receives second data; and

a second register which stores the second data and transmits the second data to the second I/O pad,

wherein the second data includes third sub-data and fourth sub-data,

the first bi-directional multiplexer transmits the third sub-data to the second bi-directional multiplexer,

the first memory cell array stores the third sub-data, and transmits the third sub-data to the first bi-directional multiplexer, and

the second memory cell array stores the fourth sub-data and transmits the fourth sub-data to the second bi-directional multiplexer.

12. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 11 , wherein the first register includes a first sub-register and a second sub-register,

the first sub-register is connected to a part of the first I/O pad, and

the second sub-register is connected to a remainder of the first I/O pad.

13. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 12 , wherein the first register is one of first registers and the first I/O pad is one of first I/O pads provided in one-to-one relationships with the first registers.

14. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 13 , wherein the second register includes a third sub-register and a fourth sub-register,

the third sub-register is connected to a part of the second I/O pad, and

the fourth sub-register is connected to a remainder of the second I/O pad.

15. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a third I/O pad which receives third data;

a third register which stores the third data and transmits the third data to the third I/O pad;

a third bi-directional multiplexer which transmits the third data to the third register, the third data including fifth sub-data, sixth sub-data and seventh sub-data; and

a third memory cell array which stores seventh sub-data,

wherein the second bi-directional multiplexer transmits the fifth sub-data and the sixth sub-data to the third bi-directional multiplexer,

the first bi-directional multiplexer transmits the fifth sub-data to the second bi-directional multiplexer,

the first memory cell array stores the fifth sub-data, and transmits the fifth sub-data to the first bi-directional multiplexer, and

the second memory cell array stores the sixth sub-data and transmits the sixth sub-data to the second bi-directional multiplexer.

16. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 15 , wherein the first register includes a first sub-register and a second sub-register,

the first sub-register is connected to a part of the first I/O pad, and

the second sub-register is connected to a remainder of the first I/O pad.

17. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 16 , wherein the first register is one of first registers and the first I/O pad is one of first I/O pads provided in one-to-one relationships with the first registers.

18. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 17 , wherein the second register includes a third sub-register and a fourth sub-register,

the third sub-register is connected to a part of the second I/O pad, and

the fourth sub-register is connected to a remainder of the second I/O pad.

19. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 18 , wherein the third register includes a fifth sub-register and a sixth sub-register,

the fifth sub-register is connected to a part of the third I/O pad, and

the sixth sub-register is connected to a remainder of the third I/O pad.

20. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising:

a first memory cell array and a second memory cell array in which first data and second data are stored, respectively;

a first bi-directional multiplexer which receives the first data, the first data including first sub-data and second sub-data;

a second bi-directional multiplexer which receives the second data, the second data including third sub-data and fourth sub-data, the second bi-directional multiplexer receiving the second sub-data from the first bi-directional multiplexer, and transmitting the fourth sub-data to the first bi-directional multiplexer;

a first register which receives the first sub-data and the third sub-data from the first bi-directional multiplexer;

a second register which receives the second sub-data and the fourth sub-data from the second bi-directional multiplexer;

a first I/O pad which outputs the first sub-data and the third sub-data from the first register to outside; and

a second I/O pad which outputs the second sub-data and the fourth sub-data from the second register to the outside,

wherein a frequency of a first clock applied to the first bi-directional multiplexer and the second bi-directional multiplexer is lower than a frequency of a second clock applied to the first register and the second register.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2020
From: YU, SEUNG WOO; KIM, SANG LOK; CHUN, BYUNG KWAN; JEONG, BYUNG HOON; IHM, JEONG DON; CHOI, YOUNG DON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0015298 · Feb 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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