Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting defective connections in stacked memory devices
- Patent Title (中): 检测堆叠式存储设备中的有缺陷的连接
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Application No.: US14138838Application Date: 2013-12-23
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Publication No.: US09263157B2Publication Date: 2016-02-16
- Inventor: Charles A. Kilmer , Warren E. Maule , Saravanan Sethuraman
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP
- Agent Robert R. Williams
- Main IPC: G11C29/50
- IPC: G11C29/50 ; G11C29/00 ; G11C29/02 ; H01L23/538 ; H01L25/065

Abstract:
A method for testing a stacked memory device having a plurality of memory chips connected to and arranged on top of a logic chip for a connection defect is disclosed. The method may include testing a memory chip by writing a data value into a first location in the memory chip, reading a data value from the first location, detecting a first bit error and recording a bit number of the first bit error. The method may also include testing the memory chip by writing a data value into a second location in the memory chip, reading a data value from the second location in the memory chip, detecting a second bit error and recording a bit number of the second bit error. The method may also include replacing a connection common to the first and second bit errors with a spare connection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150179280A1 DETECTING DEFECTIVE CONNECTIONS IN STACKED MEMORY DEVICES Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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