KR20120080352A - Semiconductor memory apparatus, check circuit for parallel test therefor - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit, and more particularly, to a semiconductor memory device and a parallel test verification circuit therefor.
Memory devices such as DRAM and PCRAM should be tested to verify their normal operation after manufacturing is complete. In addition, it is common to perform a parallel test (TPARA mode) in order to reduce the time required for the test. Through parallel testing, compressed data can be written to and read from the memory cell to verify that the memory cell is operating normally.
The parallel test process is described in detail as follows.
In the parallel test mode, for example, when performing a 4-bit compression test, data is input to four input / output lines through one input pad to write data to a memory cell. That is, data is input to the first to fourth input / output lines IO0 to IO3 through the first input pad DQ0, and fifth to eighth input / output lines IO4 to 8 through the second input pad DQ1. Input data into the ninth through twelfth input / output lines IO8 through IO11 through the third input pad, and into the thirteenth through sixteenth input / output lines IO12 through IO15 through the fourth input pad. Write test data to the cell. Then, the data output through the four input and output lines are compared and compressed into one and output through the output pad.
If the data output through the four I / O lines are the same, the logic high (H) level data is output through the output pad. If any one of the data is different, the logic low (L) level data is output. Can be output through the pad.
As described above, compressed data is transmitted to four input / output lines and written to a memory cell, and data output from the memory cell is compressed into four input / output line units to output a comparison result. Therefore, the test can be performed using a small number of input / output pads, and the test can be performed on several dies at the same time, thereby reducing the time required for the test.
However, when the parallel test is performed in the initial state where the memory cell is not stabilized, the test result may be unreliable. Therefore, the reliability of the test logic must first be determined before performing the parallel test. To do this, data must be written to the memory cell to verify the parallel test logic, which requires a considerable time.
Furthermore, when data is not written to a memory cell due to a core environment problem or a write condition problem when verifying the parallel test logic, the reliability of the parallel test logic cannot be verified, and thus initial response is difficult.
SUMMARY The present invention provides a semiconductor memory device capable of easily verifying reliability of parallel test logic and a parallel test verification circuit for the same.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor memory device capable of quickly coping with an initial failure during a parallel test process, and a parallel test verification circuit therefor.
According to one or more exemplary embodiments, a semiconductor memory device may include a write driver / sense amplifier unit writing data into a memory cell array or reading data from the memory cell array; An input / output pad unit for inputting data to the write driver or receiving data from the sense amplifier unit and outputting the data; And a plurality of registers connected between the write driver / sense amplifier unit and the input / output pad unit, and storing data transmitted from the input / output pad unit in response to the parallel test verify mode enable signal. And a parallel test verification circuit configured to output data stored in the register to the input / output pad unit.
On the other hand, the parallel test verification circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to each of the plurality of input and output pads, a plurality of input and output write multiplexer for receiving the data of the input and output pads in response to the parallel test verification mode enable signal; A plurality of registers respectively connected to the plurality of input / output write multiplexers to respectively store data transmitted from the input / output write multiplexer in response to the parallel test verify mode enable signal; And a plurality of input / output read multiplexers connected to the plurality of registers to receive the data of the registers and transmit the data of the registers to the input / output pads in response to the parallel test verification mode enable signal.
In the present invention, the compressed data is written and read in a register before performing the parallel test, and the data stored in the register is compressed and read to verify the parallel test logic.
Therefore, if a problem exists in the test logic, it is solved at the early stage, so that more accurate parallel test can be performed.
1 is a configuration diagram of a semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a view for explaining a parallel test verification circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a view for explaining a light check method using the parallel test verification circuit shown in FIG.
4 is a diagram for describing a read check method using the parallel test verification circuit illustrated in FIG. 2.
Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.
1 is a configuration diagram of a semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown, the
In addition, the apparatus further includes a parallel
In addition, in the read check mode of the parallel test verification mode, data is received from each input / output pad constituting the input /
That is, before performing the parallel test on the
2 is a diagram illustrating a parallel test verification circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, the parallel
In the present invention, the parallel test verification mode may be defined as a mode for determining the reliability of the parallel test logic executed before the parallel test.
The parallel
In order to perform the parallel test verify mode at high speed, the parallel test verify mode may also be performed in the compressed mode. To this end, the parallel
The
1 illustrates an example in which the compression unit is four. In this case, one input / output pad group includes four input / output pads DQ0 to DQ3, and one IO lead multiplexer group includes four
The operation in the write check mode when the parallel test verification mode is performed by the 4-bit compression unit is as follows.
The write check mode is performed by recording the same data for each preset compression unit and reading the same data through each input / output pad. At this time, the parallel test verification write check enable signal TPARAWC is enabled so that the first to fourth IO write
When the parallel test verification write check enable signal TPARAWC is enabled, the first to fourth IO write
Subsequently, when the read operation is performed, the data of the first through
Thus, the reliability of the write data logic of the parallel test can be determined by comparing the logic level of the output data with the logic level of the input data.
In the read check mode of the parallel test verification mode, the parallel
At this time, the parallel test verify write check enable signal TPARAWC is disabled, and the parallel test verify read check enable signal TPARARC is enabled.
Accordingly, the first to fourth
At this time, since the parallel test verification read check enable signal TPARARC is enabled, when the read command is input, the output data of the first to
Therefore, the reliability of the parallel test read data logic can be determined by comparing the level of the input data with the logic level of the data output from the first input / output pad DQ0.
That is, when the write check is performed in the parallel test verification mode, the number of
In addition, during read checking in the parallel test verification mode, data of a predetermined level is written into a register. The
Therefore, by verifying the parallel test logic first before performing the parallel test of writing and reading test data directly into the memory cell, it is possible to improve the reliability of the test result for the actual memory cell. In addition, if the reliability of the parallel test logic is not satisfied, the logic can be modified immediately, thereby improving test efficiency.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for describing a light check method using the parallel test verification circuit shown in FIG. 2.
For example, it is assumed that the verification is performed in the 4-bit compression unit in the write check mode of the parallel test verification. The first to fourth input / output pads DQ0 to DQ3, the fifth to eighth input / output pads DQ4 to DQ7, the ninth to twelfth input / output pads DQ8 to DQ11, and the thirteenth to sixteenth input / output pads DQ12. DQ15 is set to the unit input / output pad group, and the logic high level H, the second group DQ4 to DQ7, and the fourth group for the first group DQ0 to DQ3 and the third group DQ8 to DQ11. For (DQ12 to DQ15), data of logic low (L) level is input.
After the parallel test verification write check enable signal TPARAWC is enabled and the parallel test verification read check enable signal TPARARC is disabled, the I / O pads of the first group DQ0 to DQ3 are responded to in response to the write command. Data of logic high level (H) is input through.
Then, the first to fourth
Subsequently, when a read command is input, the data of the first to
Since the logic high level data is input through the first input / output pad DQ0 during the write operation, all data output from the first to fourth input / output pads DQ0 to DQ3 in response to the read command may be at the high level. In this case, it may be determined that the write data logic is reliable.
Reliability of the write data logic can be determined by writing and reading the data in the same operations as in the first group also in the second to fourth groups.
4 is a diagram for describing a read check method using the parallel test verification circuit illustrated in FIG. 2.
In the present exemplary embodiment, the read check mode is performed in a 4-bit compression unit, and high / low / high / low (HLHL) data is included in the input / output pads DQ0 to DQ3 included in the first group. Data of high / high / high / high (HHHH) is included in the input / output pads (DQ4 to DQ7), and data of low / high / low / high (LHLH) is included in the input / output pads (DQ8 to DQ11) included in the third group. Low / low / low / low (LLLL) data is recorded in the input / output pads DQ12 to DQ15 included in the fourth group.
Referring to the first group as an example, after the parallel test verify read check enable signal TPARARC is enabled and the parallel test verify write check enable signal TPARAWC is disabled, the first group is responsive to the write command. Input data of high, low and high low level through input / output pads of (DQ0 ~ DQ3) respectively.
Data input through the input / output pads DQ0 to DQ3 is transmitted to the first to fourth
Thereafter, when a read command is input, data of the first to
The
Since the data of the high / low / high / low level is recorded for the first group during the write operation, when the data is correctly recorded in the first register, the
The read check may be performed in the same manner with respect to the second to fourth groups.
As described above, in the present invention, the verification of the parallel test logic is first performed before the parallel test is performed on the memory cell. To this end, the parallel
Furthermore, the compression test can be applied in the parallel test verification mode. In this case, at the time of a write check, one data is stored in a plurality of registers and then read through each input / output pad. In addition, during read checking, data input through each input / output pad is stored in each register, and the data stored in each register is compressed and output.
Therefore, the write data logic and the read data logic can be verified before performing the actual parallel test, so that the initial failure can be immediately responded to, and the reliability of the result of performing the parallel test on the memory cell can be improved.
Thus, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.
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An input / output pad unit for inputting data to the write driver or receiving data from the sense amplifier unit and outputting the data; And
A data connected between the write driver / sense amplifier section and the input / output pad section and including a plurality of registers, in response to a parallel test verification mode enable signal, storing data transmitted from the input / output pad section in the register, A parallel test verification circuit for outputting data stored in the register to the input / output pad unit;
And a semiconductor memory device.
The input / output pad unit includes a plurality of input / output pads,
The parallel test verification circuit may include an input / output write multiplexer connected between the input / output pad and the register to transmit data of the input / output pad to the register in response to the parallel test verification mode enable signal; And
An input / output read multiplexer connected between the input / output pad and the register to transmit data of the register to the input / output pad in response to the parallel test verify mode enable signal;
And a semiconductor memory device.
The parallel test verification circuit further includes a first compression unit connected between any one of the plurality of input / output pads and a specified number of the input / output write multiplexers,
And the first compression unit transmits data of an input / output pad to which the first compression unit is connected to the specified number of input / output write multiplexers in response to the parallel test verify mode enable signal.
The parallel test verification circuit further includes a second compression unit connected between a specified number of registers and a plurality of the input / output read multiplexers,
And the second compression unit compresses data output from the specified number of registers in response to the parallel test verify mode enable signal and transmits the data output to the input / output read multiplexer to which the second compression unit is connected.
A plurality of registers respectively connected to the plurality of input / output write multiplexers to respectively store data transmitted from the input / output write multiplexer in response to the parallel test verify mode enable signal; And
A plurality of input / output read multiplexers connected to the plurality of registers to receive the data of the registers and transmit the received data to the input / output pads in response to the parallel test verify mode enable signal;
Parallel test verification circuit comprising a.
A connection between any one of the plurality of input / output pads and a specified number of input / output write multiplexers to provide data of the input / output pads to the specified number of input / output write multiplexers in response to the parallel test verify mode enable signal. Parallel test verification circuit further comprising a first compression unit.
A second compression unit connected between a specified number of registers and any one of the plurality of input / output read multiplexers and compressing data of the registers to provide the input / output read bit in response to the parallel test verify mode enable signal; Parallel test verification circuit further comprising.
And the second compression unit outputs data of a designated first logic level when all logic levels of input data are the same.
And the second compression unit outputs data of a specified second logic level when the logic levels of the input data are different.
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