KR20090066487A - Circuit for data compression testing - Google Patents
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BACKGROUND OF THE
Recently, semiconductor memory devices have improved data transfer speeds by increasing the number of data pads (DQs) to increase bandwidths. However, if the number of data pads DQ is large, the number of semiconductor memory devices that can be tested at the same time is reduced, thereby increasing test time. To improve this, the semiconductor memory device uses a data compression mode (DQ Compression mode) that reduces the number of data pads (DQ) during the test.
Data compression mode (DQ Compression mode) is a test mode used to test the chip in the wafer state. In a typical data compression mode, the same data is read / written to 16 data pads. That is, the test time and cost can be reduced to 1/16 by performing one read / write process corresponding to 16 identical data.
For example, suppose there are 16 pads of equipment for testing a semiconductor memory device. If the semiconductor memory device to be tested is X16, 16 data pads (DQs) should be read. However, if data compression is performed, the same data at once is performed. Reads and writes to 16 pads, so only one data pad needs to be read. Thus, the time and cost required to test per wafer can be reduced to 1/16.
Since the data compression mode is an operation on the same data, the data compression test circuit includes a data compression test circuit that determines that the 16 data are the same or a fail when the 16 data are not identical.
Referring to FIG. 1, the data compression test circuit according to the related art includes an
Referring to the operation, the
Referring to FIG. 2, the
Referring to FIG. 3, the
Referring to FIG. 4, when the comparison signals COM <0: 3> are all input to logic high, that is, when the data transmitted through the test global line TGO <0:15> are all the same, the second comparator is enabled. When the signal EN is applied, the decision signal TCOM <0> is output to logic high.
However, since the data compression test circuit according to the related art determines only whether the data transmitted to the test global line TGO <0:15> is the same, the data written at the same time may be caused due to leakage of the memory cell. There is a problem in that an error determination cannot be made when the data read by the transition is changed from the data written first.
The present invention provides a data compression test circuit for improving test reliability by determining whether the written data and the read data are the same in the data compression test mode.
The present invention also provides the data compression test circuit that minimizes additional area increase and improves test reliability.
The data compression test circuit of the present invention includes an input unit which receives data and latches the data and delivers the data to a plurality of write global lines; A light driver driving the data transmitted through the plurality of write global lines and transferring the data to a corresponding plurality of local lines; A memory cell storing the data transferred to the plurality of local lines; A data sense amplifier unit which receives the data stored in the memory cell through the plurality of local lines, amplifies the data, and transfers the data to a plurality of corresponding test global lines; A compression unit configured to determine whether data transmitted through some of the plurality of write global lines and data transmitted through the plurality of test global lines are the same and output a determination signal; And an output unit for buffering and outputting the determination signal.
The input unit may include an input buffer unit configured to buffer and output the data; An input latch unit configured to output a signal synchronized with an output of the input buffer unit to a rising and falling clock, respectively; A plurality of muxes configured to mux and output a signal synchronized with the rising clock and a signal synchronized with the falling clock by a test signal; And a plurality of input sense amplifiers amplifying and latching outputs of the respective mux units and transferring the latches to the plurality of write global lines.
Each of the input sense amplifiers includes: amplifying units for amplifying and inverting each signal output from the mux unit; And latch units latching a signal driven by an output of each of the amplifiers and transferring the signals to the write global lines.
The compression unit may include: a plurality of first comparison units configured to output the comparison signal by determining whether data transmitted through the at least two test global lines and data transmitted through the write global line are the same; And a second comparator configured to determine whether the comparison signals output from the first comparators are the same and output the determination signal.
Each of the first comparators may include: a first determiner configured to determine whether data transmitted through the at least two test global lines are the same; And a second determiner configured to determine whether the determination result of the first determiner is identical to data transmitted through the write global line and output the comparison signal.
The second comparator may include: a determiner configured to determine whether the comparison signals output from the first comparator are the same; if the comparison signals are the same, pull-up driving is performed by an output of the determiner to output the determination signal having a power voltage level. A pull-up driving unit; And a pull-down driving unit which pulls down the output of the determination unit to output the determination signal having a ground voltage level when the comparison signals are different.
Another data compression test circuit of the present invention includes: a write path unit configured to latch input data and store the plurality of memory cells through a plurality of write global lines; And a read path unit configured to determine whether the input data transmitted through the plurality of global lines and the output data transmitted through the plurality of test global lines from the plurality of memory cells are the same and output a determination signal. .
The write path unit may include an input unit configured to latch the input data and to transfer the input data to the plurality of write global lines; A light driver driving the input data transmitted through the plurality of write global lines and transferring the input data to a corresponding plurality of local lines; And a memory cell storing the input data transferred to the plurality of local lines.
The read path unit may include: a data sense amplifier unit configured to receive and amplify the input data stored in the memory cell through the plurality of local lines and transfer the output data to the plurality of test global lines as the output data; And a compression unit configured to determine whether the input data transmitted through the plurality of global lines and the output data transmitted through the plurality of test global lines are the same and output a determination signal.
The compression unit may include: a plurality of first comparison units configured to determine whether at least two output data and the input data are the same and output a comparison signal; And a second comparator configured to determine whether the comparison signals output from the first comparators are the same and output the determination signal.
The present invention includes a compression unit that compares write data applied through some write global lines with read data applied through the test global line, thereby providing a data compression test circuit for determining whether the write data and the read data are the same. This improves test reliability.
In addition, the present invention focuses on the data being written through the write global line to maintain a latched state, thereby minimizing additional circuit configuration of the compression unit, thereby preventing an increase in area and improving test reliability.
In the data compression test mode, a preferred embodiment of a data compression test circuit for improving test reliability by comparing the written data with the read data and determining the same without additional area increase is shown in FIG. 5.
Referring to FIG. 5, a data compression test circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an
Here, the
However, in the data compression test circuit of the present invention, unlike the
Before looking at the
Referring to FIG. 6, the
Here, each input sense amplifier SA_0, SA_1, SA_2, SA_3 is configured as shown in FIG. 7. That is, the input sensing amplifier SA_0 includes four
That is, the signal transmitted to the write global line WGIO <0:15> remains latched until the next write data is input by the input sense amplifiers SA_0, SA_1, SA_2, and SA_3.
As a result, the
Subsequently, referring to FIG. 8, the
Each of the
The
The second determination unit 94 includes NAND gates ND3 and ND4, NOR gate NOR3, and inverters IV1 and IV2. The NOR gate NOR3 receives a signal obtained by inverting the outputs of the respective NAND gates ND1 and ND2 and the write data transferred to the write global line WGIO <0> by the inverter IV1. The output of the NOA gates NOR1 and NOR2 and a signal obtained by inverting the write data transmitted to the write global line WGIO <0> by the inverter IV1 are received. The NAND gate ND4 receives a signal inverting the output of the NOR gate NOD3 and an output of the NAND gate ND3, and outputs a comparison signal COM <0> to logic high when any one of them is logic low.
That is, the
Referring to FIG. 10, the
The
The pull-up
The pull-down
Here, the determination signal TCOM <0> is output through the common drain of the PMOS transistor P1 and the NMOS transistor N1.
In other words, the
Referring to the operation of the data compression test circuit of the present invention, the
The
Data stored in the
The
As described above, the data compression test circuit of the present invention minimizes the additional circuit configuration and determines whether the write data and the read data are the same, thereby minimizing the increase of the area and improving the test reliability.
1 is a block diagram showing a data compression test circuit according to the prior art.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a compression unit of FIG. 1.
3 is a detailed circuit diagram of a first comparator of FIG. 2.
4 is a detailed circuit diagram of a second comparator of FIG. 2.
5 is a block diagram illustrating a data compression test circuit in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram illustrating an input unit of FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a detailed circuit diagram of the input sense amplifier of FIG. 6. FIG.
8 is a block diagram illustrating a compression unit of FIG. 5.
FIG. 9 is a detailed circuit diagram of the first comparator of FIG. 8. FIG.
FIG. 10 is a detailed circuit diagram of a second comparator of FIG. 8. FIG.
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