Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory architecture with redundant resources
- Patent Title (中): 具有冗余资源的内存架构
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Application No.: US13589409Application Date: 2012-08-20
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Publication No.: US08908454B2Publication Date: 2014-12-09
- Inventor: Thomas Vogelsang , Brent Steven Haukness
- Applicant: Thomas Vogelsang , Brent Steven Haukness
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Rambus Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rambus Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Silicon Edge Law Group LLP
- Agent Arthur J. Behiel
- Main IPC: G11C29/00
- IPC: G11C29/00 ; G11C8/14 ; G11C11/4097

Abstract:
A hierarchical memory architecture includes an array of memory sub-arrays, each of which includes an array of memory cells. Each sub-array is supported by local wordlines, local column-select lines, and bitlines. The local wordlines are controlled using main wordlines that extend past multiple sub-arrays in a direction parallel to a first axis, whereas the local column-select lines are controlled using main column-select lines that extend between sub-arrays in a direction perpendicular to the first axis. At the direction of signals presented on the local wordlines and column-select lines, subsets of the bitlines in each sub-array are connected to main data lines that extend over a plurality of the sub-arrays in parallel with the second axis. Some embodiments include redundant data resources that are selected based on a decoding of row addresses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120314520A1 Memory Architecture With Redundant Resources Public/Granted day:2012-12-13
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