SYSTEM DESIGN FOR LOW TEMPERATURE MEMORY

    公开(公告)号:US20230005526A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17943044

    申请日:2022-09-12

    Abstract: A system can be designed with memory to operate in a low temperature environment. The low temperature memory can be customized for low temperature operation, having a gate stack to adjust a work function of the memory cell transistors to reduce the threshold voltage (Vth) relative to a standard memory device. The reduced temperature can improve the conductivity of other components within the memory, enabling increased memory array sizes, fewer vertical ground channels for stacked devices, and reduced operating power. Based on the differences in the memory, the memory controller can manage access to the memory device with adjusted control parameters based on lower leakage voltage for the memory cells and lower line resistance for the memory array.

    CONFIGURABLE ECC MODE IN DRAM
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230223096A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US18122038

    申请日:2023-03-15

    CPC classification number: G11C29/42 G11C29/46 G11C29/1201

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for configurable ECC (error correction code) mode in DRAM. Selected memory cells in the bank arrays of a DRAM device (e.g., die) are used to store ECC bits. A DRAM device (e.g., die) is configured to operate in a first mode in which an on-die ECC engine employs selected bits in the arrays of memory cells in the DRAM banks as ECC bits to perform ECC operations and to operate in a second mode under which the ECC bits are not employed for ECC operations by the ECC engine and made available for external use by a host. In the second mode, the repurposed ECC bits may comprise RAS bits used for RAS (Reliability, Serviceability, and Availability) operations and/or metabits comprising metadata used for other operations by the host.

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