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Granted Patent B2
US 9,558,840 · App. 14/844,174 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Shinya Okuno (Yokohama, JP); Shigeki Nagasaka (Kawasaki, JP); Toshiyuki Kouchi (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
G11C16/32G11C16/10G11C16/12G11C16/16G11C16/26G11C16/0483
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Patent No.
US 9,558,840
App. No.
14/844,174
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a memory circuit, a first FIFO, a second FIFO and an input/output circuit. The memory circuit outputs data. The first FIFO receives data from the memory circuit and outputs data synchronously with a first clock signal. The second FIFO receives data output from the first FIFO and outputs data synchronously with the first clock signal. The input/output circuit outputs data output from the second FIFO. The second FIFO is disposed closer to the input/output circuit than the first FIFO.

Claims (40)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a memory circuit which outputs data;

a first FIFO which receives data from the memory circuit, and outputs data synchronously with a first clock signal;

a second FIFO which receives data output from the first FIFO, and outputs data synchronously with the first clock signal; and

an input/output circuit which outputs data output from the second FIFO,

wherein the second FIFO is disposed closer to the input/output circuit than the first FIFO.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the input/output circuit includes a first input/output circuit and a second input/output circuit, and the second FIFO includes a third FIFO and a fourth FIFO, and

the third FIFO is disposed between the first FIFO and the first input/output circuit, and the fourth FIFO is disposed between the first FIFO and the second input/output circuit.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second FIFO is located closer to the side of the input/output circuit than the middle point of an interconnect line connected between the first FIFO and the input/output circuit.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a data holding capacity of the second FIFO is lower than a data holding capacity of the first FIFO.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein data output from the input/output circuit is synchronized with a second clock signal,

further comprising a frequency division circuit frequency-dividing the second clock signal, and generating the first clock signal.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , further comprising a multiplexer disposed between the second FIFO and the input/output circuit, the multiplexer outputting data at the rise and fall of the second clock signal.

7. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor chip which outputs data;

a first FIFO which receives data from the first semiconductor chip, and outputs data synchronously with a first clock signal;

a second FIFO which receives data output from the first FIFO, and outputs data synchronously with the first clock signal; and

an input/output circuit which outputs data output from the second FIFO,

wherein the second FIFO is disposed closer to the input/output circuit than the first FIFO.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the input/output circuit includes a first input/output circuit and a second input/output circuit, and the second FIFO includes a third FIFO and a fourth FIFO, and

the third FIFO is disposed between the first FIFO and the first input/output circuit, and the fourth FIFO is disposed between the first FIFO and the second input/output circuit.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein a bus width between the first semiconductor chip and the first FIFO is the same as a bus width between the first FIFO and the second FIFO,

the third FIFO is located closer to the first input/output circuit than the first FIFO, and the fourth FIFO is located closer to the second input/output circuit than the first FIFO, and

each of the third FIFO and the fourth FIFO and receives, in a divided form, at least part of data output from the first FIFO, and outputs the received data from the first input/output circuit and the second input/output circuit synchronously with the first clock signal.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the second FIFO is located closer to the side of the input/output circuit than the middle point of an interconnect line connected between the first FIFO and the input/output circuit.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein a data holding capacity of the second FIFO is lower than a data holding capacity of the first FIFO.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein data output from the input/output circuit is synchronized with a second clock signal,

further comprising a frequency division circuit frequency-dividing the second clock signal, and generating the first clock signal.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , further comprising a multiplexer disposed between the second FIFO and the input/output circuit, the multiplexer outputting data at the rise and fall of the second clock signal.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , further comprising a second semiconductor chip including the first FIFO, the second FIFO, and the input/output circuit.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein the first semiconductor chip includes a first via which conducts from the upper surface to the lower surface thereof, and the first via and the second semiconductor chip are connected to each other by a first bump, and

data output from the first semiconductor chip is input to the first FIFO of the second semiconductor chip via the first via and the first bump.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , further comprising a third semiconductor chip which outputs data,

wherein the first FIFO receives data from the third semiconductor chip, and outputs data synchronously with the first clock signal.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the first semiconductor chip includes a first via which conducts from the upper surface to the lower surface thereof, and the first via and the second semiconductor chip are connected to each other by a first bump,

the third semiconductor chip is disposed on the first semiconductor chip and includes a second via which conducts from the upper surface to the lower surface thereof, and the second via and the first via are connected to each other by a second bump, and

data output from the third semiconductor chip is input to the first FIFO of the second semiconductor chip via the second via, the second bump, the first via, and the first bump.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein a bus width between the third semiconductor chip and the first FIFO is the same as a bus width between the first FIFO and the second FIFO.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein a bus width between the first semiconductor chip and the first FIFO is the same as a bus width between the first FIFO and the second FIFO.

20. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the first semiconductor chip includes a memory circuit, and the memory circuit outputs data.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043328/0388 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2015
From: OKUNO, SHINYA; NAGASAKA, SHIGEKI; KOUCHI, TOSHIYUKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 036486/0029 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62167703 · May 28, 2015
Related Publication 20160351269A1 · Dec 1, 2016