CN210837190U

CN210837190U - DRAM memory

Info

Publication number: CN210837190U
Application number: CN201921593569.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冀康灵; 尚为兵; 李红文
Original assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies Inc
Current assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies Inc
Priority date: 2019-09-24
Filing date: 2019-09-24
Publication date: 2020-06-23
Anticipated expiration: 2029-09-24

Abstract

A DRAM memory, comprising: a substrate; the storage units are arranged on the substrate in a row-column manner, each storage unit is divided into three storage blocks in the row direction, and each storage block is internally provided with a plurality of storage units in a row-column manner. By dividing each memory bank into three memory blocks in the column direction, on one hand, under the condition that the capacity of each memory bank is certain, each memory bank is divided into three memory blocks in the column direction, and the length of each memory block in the row direction can be shortened, so that the distance from a control line and a data transmission line to a corresponding memory cell in a memory array in each memory block can be shortened, and therefore, a large drive can be omitted, parasitic resistance and parasitic capacitance generated by the data transmission line are reduced, the data transmission rate and the data transmission accuracy are improved, and the power consumption is reduced.

Description

DRAM memory

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a memory field especially relates to a DRAM memory.

Background

Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) is a semiconductor Memory device commonly used in computers, and a Memory array region thereof is composed of many repetitive Memory cells. Each memory cell generally includes a capacitor and a transistor, a gate of the transistor is connected to a word line, a drain of the transistor is connected to a bit line, and a source of the transistor is connected to the capacitor, and a voltage signal on the word line can control the transistor to be turned on or off, so that data information stored in the capacitor can be read through the bit line or written into the capacitor through the bit line for storage.

The existing DRAM memory organization architecture includes several BANKs (BANK), each of which is divided into two left and right memory blocks of the same size. However, the existing organization structure DRAM memory has the problems of large power consumption and still pending improvement of data transmission rate and data transmission accuracy during operation.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses the technical problem that will solve is how to reduce DRAM memory consumption and how to improve data transmission rate and data transmission accuracy.

Therefore, the utility model provides a DRAM memory, include:

a substrate;

the storage units are arranged on the substrate in a row-column manner, each storage unit is divided into three storage blocks in the row direction, and each storage block is internally provided with a plurality of storage units in a row-column manner.

Optionally, the three storage blocks include a first storage block, a second storage block, and a third storage block that are sequentially arranged in a column direction.

Optionally, the first memory block, the second memory block, and the third memory block in each memory block are respectively connected to the first column decoding circuit, the second column decoding circuit, and the third column decoding circuit.

Optionally, the first memory block, the second memory block, and the third memory block in each memory block are further connected to a first row decoding circuit and a second row decoding circuit.

Optionally, the first row decoding circuit is connected to all the memory cells in the first memory block and some memory cells in the second memory block, and is configured to perform row addressing on all the memory cells of the first memory block and some memory cells in the second memory block, and the second row decoding circuit is connected to all the memory cells of the third memory block and some memory cells in the second memory block, and is configured to perform row addressing on all the memory cells of the third memory block and some memory cells in the second memory block.

Optionally, the storage capacities of the first storage block, the second storage block, and the third storage block are equal.

Optionally, a line area is provided between the banks in two adjacent columns, the line area is provided with a control line and a data transmission line, the control line is used for sending a control command and/or an address to the corresponding bank, and the data transmission line is used for transmitting data to or reading data from the corresponding storage unit in the corresponding bank.

Optionally, the substrate further includes a pad region, the pad region includes a plurality of first pads and second pads, the first pads are connected to the control line, and the second pads are connected to the data transmission line.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses technical scheme has following advantage:

the utility model discloses a DRAM memory, include: a substrate; the storage units are arranged on the substrate in a row-column manner, each storage unit is divided into three storage blocks in the row direction, and each storage block is internally provided with a plurality of storage units in a row-column manner. By dividing each bank into three memory blocks in the column direction, on one hand, under the condition that the capacity of each memory bank is fixed, each memory bank is divided into three memory blocks in the column direction, the length of each memory block in the row direction is shortened (compared with the scheme of dividing each memory bank into two memory blocks in the row direction), the length of a control line per se is shortened, the distance from the control line to a corresponding memory cell in a memory array in each memory block is shortened, large driving is not needed, power consumption is reduced, the length of a data transmission line per se is shortened, the distance from the data transmission line to a corresponding memory cell in a memory array in each memory block is shortened, parasitic resistance and parasitic capacitance generated by the data transmission line are reduced, and the data transmission rate and the data transmission accuracy are improved, the power consumption is reduced; on the other hand, the length of the memory block in the memory bank is shortened, the layout of the memory bank in the DRAM can be optimized, the aspect ratio of the DRAM is optimized, and the packaging is facilitated.

Further, the first memory block, the second memory block and the third memory block in each memory block are respectively connected with a first column decoding circuit, a second column decoding circuit and a third column decoding circuit, and the first memory block, the second memory block and the third memory block in each memory block are also connected with a first row decoding circuit and a second row decoding circuit. The first column decoding circuit, the second column decoding circuit and the third column decoding circuit are respectively used for carrying out column addressing on corresponding memory units in the first memory block, the second memory block and the third memory block, and the first row decoding circuit and the second row decoding circuit carry out row addressing on the corresponding memory units in the first memory block, the second memory block and the third memory block, so that the corresponding memory units in the three memory blocks in one memory bank can be simultaneously accessed (including reading, writing or refreshing), and the operating efficiency of the DRAM memory is improved.

In an embodiment, the first row decoding circuit is connected to all the memory cells in the first memory block and some of the memory cells in the second memory block, and is configured to perform row addressing on all the memory cells in the first memory block and some of the memory cells in the second memory block, and the second row decoding circuit is connected to all the memory cells in the third memory block and some of the memory cells in the second memory block, and is configured to perform row addressing on all the memory cells in the third memory block and some of the memory cells in the second memory block. Therefore, the row decoding (decoding) of the memory units in the three memory blocks in one memory bank can be controlled in a sharing way, and the area of a chip is saved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a DRAM memory according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a DRAM memory according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

As mentioned in the background, the conventional DRAM memory with an organization structure has the problems of large power consumption and still waiting for improvement of data transmission rate and data transmission accuracy when in operation.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a DRAM memory according to an embodiment of the present invention, the DRAM memory includes: the memory BANKs BANK structure includes a plurality of memory BANKs BANK arranged in rows and columns (the row direction is the X-axis direction in fig. 1, and the column direction is the Y-axis direction in fig. 1), and fig. 1 illustrates 8 memory BANKs BANK as an example, each of the memory BANKs BANK is divided into two memory blocks with the same size on the left and right, and includes a first memory block 21 and a second memory block 22, the first memory block 21 and the second memory block 22 include a plurality of memory cells arranged in a memory array or a row and column, the first memory block 21 and the second memory block 22 are respectively connected with a corresponding row decoding circuit YDEC and a corresponding column decoding circuit XDEC, a control line and a data transmission line are disposed between the memory BANKs between adjacent rows, the control line is used for transmitting a control signal to the corresponding memory BANKs BANK, and the data transmission line is used for transmitting data to the corresponding memory cell. The foregoing organization structure DRAM memory has a long length in the row direction (X-axis direction), a long length of the corresponding control line and data transmission line, and a long distance from the control line and data transmission line to each memory cell, thereby increasing power consumption, and increasing parasitic resistance and parasitic capacitance generated by the control line and data transmission line, so that data transmission rate and data transmission accuracy are lowered. In addition, the length in the row direction (X-axis direction) is too long, so that the length-width ratio is not optimized enough, the packaging is directly affected, and the packaging requirements may not be met.

Therefore, the utility model provides a DRAM memory, include: a substrate; the storage units are arranged on the substrate in a row-column manner, each storage unit is divided into three storage blocks in the row direction, and each storage block is internally provided with a plurality of storage units in a row-column manner. By dividing each bank into three memory blocks in the column direction, on one hand, under the condition that the capacity of each memory bank is fixed, each memory bank is divided into three memory blocks in the column direction, the length of each memory block in the row direction is shortened (compared with the scheme of dividing each memory bank into two memory blocks in the row direction), the length of a control line per se is shortened, the distance from the control line to a corresponding memory cell in a memory array in each memory block is shortened, large driving is not needed, power consumption is reduced, the length of a data transmission line per se is shortened, the distance from the data transmission line to a corresponding memory cell in a memory array in each memory block is shortened, parasitic resistance and parasitic capacitance generated by the data transmission line are reduced, and the data transmission rate and the data transmission accuracy are improved, the power consumption is reduced; on the other hand, the length of the memory block in the memory bank is shortened, the layout of the memory bank in the DRAM can be optimized, the aspect ratio of the DRAM is optimized, and the packaging is facilitated.

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the embodiments of the present invention in detail, the drawings are not necessarily to scale, and the drawings are merely exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. In addition, the three-dimensional dimensions of length, width and depth should be included in the actual fabrication.

Referring to fig. 2, the DRAM memory includes:

a substrate (not shown in the figures);

the memory BANK comprises a plurality of memory BANKs BANK which are arranged on the substrate in rows and columns, each memory BANK BANK is divided into three memory blocks (31/32/33) in the column direction, and each memory block (31/32/33) is provided with a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns.

The DRAM memory is generally divided into a plurality of memory BANKs BANK, the number of the memory BANKs BANK in one DRAM memory may be 4, 8, 16, or other numbers, the memory capacity of each memory BANK is the same, for example, the memory capacity of the DRAM memory is 8Gb, when 8 memory BANKs BANK exist correspondingly, the capacity of each memory BANK is 1Gb, each memory BANK in the DRAM memory has a respective BANK address, when the DRAM memory is accessed (for example, read, write, or refresh), a corresponding memory BANK is found first, and then a corresponding memory cell in the memory BANK is found. In this embodiment, a DRAM memory having 16 BANKs is explained as an example with reference to fig. 2.

Each memory BANK is divided into three memory blocks in a column direction, each memory block has a memory array therein, the memory array includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, in this embodiment, the three memory blocks include a first memory block 31, a second memory block 32, and a third memory block 33 that are sequentially arranged in the column direction, and the first memory block 31, the second memory block 32, and the third memory block 33 are respectively connected to a corresponding row decoding circuit XDEC and a corresponding column decoding circuit YDEC (it should be noted that, in this embodiment, the column direction refers to a Y-axis direction, and the row direction refers to an X-axis direction). By dividing each BANK in the column direction into three memory blocks (a first memory block 31, a second memory block 32, and a third memory block 33), on the one hand, in the case where the capacity of each BANK is constant, dividing each BANK in the column direction into three memory blocks, the length of each memory block in the row direction becomes short (as compared with the case where each BANK is divided into two memory blocks in the row direction), so that the length of the control line itself becomes short and the distance of the control line to the corresponding memory cell in the memory array in each memory block becomes short, and thus large driving is not necessary, power consumption is reduced, and the length of the data transmission line itself becomes short and the distance of the data transmission line to the corresponding memory cell in the memory array in each memory block becomes short, so that parasitic resistance and parasitic capacitance generated by the data transmission line are reduced, the data transmission rate and the data transmission accuracy are improved, and the power consumption is reduced; on the other hand, the length of the memory block in the memory BANK is shortened, the layout of the memory BANK in the DRAM can be optimized, the length-width ratio of the DRAM is optimized, and the packaging is facilitated.

In one embodiment, the first storage block 31, the second storage block 32 and the third storage block 33 have equal storage capacities.

In an embodiment, the first, second and third memory blocks 31, 32 and 33 in each memory block BANK are connected with a first column decoding circuit (YDEC)51, a second column decoding circuit (YDEC)52 and a third column decoding circuit (YDEC)53, respectively, and the first, second and third memory blocks 31, 32 and 33 in each memory block BANK are further connected with a first row decoding circuit (XDEC)41 and a second row decoding circuit (XDEC) 42. The first column decoding circuit (YDEC)51, the second column decoding circuit (YDEC)52 and the third column decoding circuit (YDEC)53 are respectively used for addressing the corresponding memory cells in the first memory block 31, the second memory block 32 and the third memory block 33 in columns, and the first row decoding circuit (XDEC)41 and the second row decoding circuit (XDEC)42 address the corresponding memory cells in the first memory block 31, the second memory block 32 and the third memory block 33 in rows, so that the corresponding memory cells in three memory blocks in one memory BANK can be simultaneously accessed (including reading, writing or refreshing), thereby improving the operating efficiency of the DRAM memory.

In an embodiment, the first row decoding circuit 41 is connected to all the memory cells in the first memory block 31 and some of the memory cells in the second memory block 32, and is configured to address all the memory cells in the first memory block 31 and some of the memory cells in the second memory block 32 in a row manner, and the second row decoding circuit 42 is connected to all the memory cells in the third memory block 33 and some of the memory cells in the second memory block 32, and is configured to address all the memory cells in the third memory block 33 and some of the memory cells in the second memory block 32 in a row manner. Therefore, the row decoding (decoding) of the memory cells in the three memory blocks in one memory BANK BANK can be controlled in a sharing way, and the area of a chip is saved.

The memory BANKs BANK of the two adjacent columns are provided with a line area 61, the line area 61 is provided with a control line and a data transmission line, the control line is used for sending control commands and/or addresses to the corresponding memory BANKs, the control commands comprise write commands, read commands, refresh commands and the like, the addresses comprise BANK addresses of each memory BANK and row addresses and column addresses of corresponding memory cells in corresponding memory blocks in the memory BANKs BANK, and the data transmission line is used for transmitting data to the corresponding memory cells in the corresponding memory BANKs BANK or reading data from the corresponding memory cells.

The substrate is further provided with a pad area 71, the pad area 71 is generally located around the BANK array, the pad area 71 is provided with a plurality of first pad areas and a plurality of second pad areas, the plurality of first pad areas are connected with the control circuit, and the plurality of second pad areas are connected with the data transmission circuit.

In one embodiment, the DRAM memory addressing process generally designates the BANK address of the BANK BANK, then designates the row address, and then designates the column address.

It should be noted that other definitions or descriptions about the memory structure in this embodiment are not repeated in this embodiment, and specific reference is made to the corresponding definitions or descriptions in the foregoing memory structure forming process embodiment.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any person skilled in the art can use the above-mentioned method and technical contents to make possible changes and modifications to the technical solution of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, therefore, any simple modification, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments by the technical substance of the present invention all belong to the protection scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A DRAM memory, comprising:

a substrate;

2. The DRAM memory of claim 1, wherein the three memory blocks include a first memory block, a second memory block, and a third memory block arranged in order in a column direction.

3. The DRAM memory of claim 2, wherein the first memory block, the second memory block, and the third memory block in each memory block are connected to a first column decoding circuit, a second column decoding circuit, and a third column decoding circuit, respectively.

4. The DRAM memory of claim 3 wherein the first memory block, the second memory block, and the third memory block in each memory block are further connected to a first row decoding circuit and a second row decoding circuit.

5. The DRAM memory of claim 4 wherein the first row decode circuit is coupled to all of the memory cells in the first memory block and to some of the memory cells in the second memory block for row addressing of all of the memory cells in the first memory block and to some of the memory cells in the second memory block, and the second row decode circuit is coupled to the third memory block and to some of the memory cells in the third memory block for row addressing of all of the memory cells in the third memory block and to some of the memory cells in the second memory block.

6. The DRAM memory of claim 2, wherein the first memory block, the second memory block, and the third memory block are equal in storage capacity.

7. The DRAM memory according to claim 1, wherein a line section is provided between the banks in two adjacent columns, the line section has therein a control line for transmitting a control command and/or an address to the corresponding bank and a data transmission line for transmitting data to or reading data from the corresponding memory cell in the corresponding bank.

8. The DRAM memory of claim 7, further having a pad region having a plurality of first pads and second pads therein, the first pads being connected to the control lines, the second pads being connected to the data transmission lines.