SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE PROVIDING ANALYSIS AND CORRECTING OF SOFT DATA FAIL IN STACKED CHIPS
First Claim
1. A semiconductor memory device comprising:
- first group dies comprising at least one buffer die; and
second group dies comprising a plurality of memory dies, the plurality of memory dies stacked on the first group dies and conveying data through a plurality of through silicon via (TSV) lines,wherein at least one of the plurality of memory dies includes a first type error correction coding (ECC) circuit configured to generate transmission parity bits based on transmission data to the first group dies, andwherein the buffer die includes a second type ECC circuit configured to correct the transmission error using the transmission parity bits when a transmission error occurs in the transmission data received through the plurality of TSV lines.
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Abstract
The semiconductor memory device includes first group dies including at least one buffer die, and second group dies including a plurality of memory dies stacked on the first group dies and conveying data through a plurality of TSV lines. Here, at least one of the plurality of memory dies includes a first type ECC circuit which generates transmission parity bits using transmission data to be transmitted to the first group die, and the buffer die includes a second type ECC circuit which corrects, when a transmission error occurs in the transmission data received through the plurality of TSV lines, the transmission error using the transmission parity bits and generates error-corrected data.
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20 Claims
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1. A semiconductor memory device comprising:
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first group dies comprising at least one buffer die; and second group dies comprising a plurality of memory dies, the plurality of memory dies stacked on the first group dies and conveying data through a plurality of through silicon via (TSV) lines, wherein at least one of the plurality of memory dies includes a first type error correction coding (ECC) circuit configured to generate transmission parity bits based on transmission data to the first group dies, and wherein the buffer die includes a second type ECC circuit configured to correct the transmission error using the transmission parity bits when a transmission error occurs in the transmission data received through the plurality of TSV lines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A semiconductor memory device comprising:
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a buffer die on a substrate; and a plurality of memory dies stacked on the buffer die and transmitting data through a plurality of through silicon via (TSV) lines, wherein each of the plurality of memory dies includes a first type error correction coding (ECC) circuit configured to generate transmission parity bits based on transmission data to be transmitted to the buffer die, and wherein the buffer die includes a second type ECC circuit configured to check whether a transmission error occurs in the transmission data received through the plurality of TSV lines and to correct the transmission error based on the transmission parity bits upon detecting transmission error. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A semiconductor memory device comprising:
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first group dies comprising at least one buffer die; and second group dies comprising a plurality of memory dies which are stacked on the first group dies and conveying data through a plurality of through silicon via (TSV) lines, wherein at least one of the plurality of memory dies comprises a cell core error correction coding (ECC) circuit which generates transmission parity bits using transmission data to be transmitted to the first group dies, and wherein the butler die comprises a via ECC circuit which corrects, when a transmission error occurs in the transmission data received through the plurality of TSV lines, the transmission error using the transmission parity bits, generates error-corrected data, and sends the error-corrected data to a host. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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