KR20140080947A - Stack type semiconductor circuit with impedance calibration - Google Patents
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BACKGROUND OF THE
The semiconductor circuit must perform an operation to adjust the impedance of the corresponding configuration to the target value for correct configuration of the on die termination circuit and the driver. Therefore, the semiconductor circuit must have an impedance adjusting section for impedance adjustment.
The semiconductor circuit can be formed by stacking a plurality of semiconductor chips. In this case, if the impedance adjustment is not performed on each semiconductor chip, the operation performance of the system including a plurality of semiconductor chips can be reduced.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a laminate type semiconductor circuit which enables accurate impedance adjustment.
An embodiment of the present invention is a laminate type semiconductor circuit in which a plurality of semiconductor chips are stacked, wherein an external resistor connection pad of one of the plurality of semiconductor chips is connected to an external resistor, As a result of performing the impedance adjustment operation based on the resistance, the impedance adjustment signal may be configured to be shared by the remaining semiconductor chips through the plurality of through vias.
An embodiment of the present invention is a laminate type semiconductor circuit in which a plurality of semiconductor chips are stacked, wherein an external resistor connection pad of one of the plurality of semiconductor chips is connected to an external resistor, The result of performing the impedance adjustment operation based on the resistance may be shared by the remaining semiconductor chips through the plurality of through vias and the data output operation of the plurality of semiconductor chips may be performed through any one of the semiconductor chips.
An embodiment of the present invention is a laminated semiconductor circuit in which a plurality of semiconductor chips are stacked, wherein an external resistor connection pad of one of the plurality of semiconductor chips is connected to an external resistor, Output pads are connected to each other via through vias, and one of the semiconductor chips performs an impedance adjustment operation on the basis of the external resistor, receives data of the other semiconductor chips including itself, Lt; / RTI >
The present technique can improve the impedance performance of the stacked semiconductor circuit.
1 is a block diagram of a stacked-
2 is a block diagram of a
3 is a block diagram of a
4 is a block diagram of a
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a block diagram of a
1, a
The external resistors Rext1 and Rext2 are connected to the external resistor connection pads ZQ of the
That is, the external resistor Rext1 is connected to the external resistor connection pad ZQ of the
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
That is, the
2 is a block diagram of a
2, a
In the stacked
The external resistor connection pad ZQ of the
The external resistor connection pads ZQ of all the semiconductor chips including the
At this time, a through silicon via (TSV) may be used as the through via.
The data input / output pads DQ of the
The signal lines for transmitting the impedance adjustment signals PCODE <0: N> and NCODE <0: N> of the
The
The
When the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL is activated, the
At this time, the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL may be an internal signal of the
The impedance adjustment operation may be performed during an initial operation period of the semiconductor circuit, and the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL may be generated internally or externally to define an impedance adjustable period.
The
In another embodiment of the present invention, the impedance adjustment signals PCODE <0: N> and NCODE <0: N> generated by performing the impedance adjustment operation in the
Therefore, the semiconductor chips other than the
However, it may be more difficult to configure different chips for productivity. Therefore, in the example in which the
The
The impedance adjusting operation of the above-described embodiment of the present invention will now be described.
First, when the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL is activated, the
The impedance adjustment signals PCODE <0: N> and NCODE <0: N> generated by the
Accordingly, the impedance adjustment operation of the
At this time, data output of the
However, the data output through the data input / output pad DQ of the
3 is a block diagram of a
3, a
In the
However, by connecting the data input / output pads DQ of all the semiconductor chips through the through vias, the semiconductor chips that do not perform the impedance adjustment operation perform the on-die termination operation.
The external resistor connection pad ZQ of the
The external resistor connection pads ZQ of all the semiconductor chips including the
The data input / output pads DQ of the
At this time, a through silicon via (TSV) may be used as the through via.
The signal lines for transmitting the impedance adjustment signals PCODE <0: N> and NCODE <0: N> of the
Signal lines for transmitting data of the
The
The driving
When the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL is activated, the
At this time, the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL may be an internal signal of the
The impedance adjustment operation may be performed during an initial operation period of the semiconductor circuit, and the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL may be generated internally or externally to define an impedance adjustable period.
The
At this time, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the impedance adjustment signals (PCODE <0: N>, NCODE <0: N>) generated by performing the impedance adjustment operation in the
Therefore, the semiconductor chips other than the
However, it may be more difficult to configure different chips for productivity. Therefore, in the example in which the
The driving
The impedance adjusting operation of the stacked-
First, when the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL is activated, the
The impedance adjustment signals PCODE <0: N> and NCODE <0: N> generated by the
Accordingly, the impedance adjustment operation of all the semiconductor chips including the
Data (DATA) of all the semiconductor chips including the
That is, the data output operation of all the semiconductor chips is performed through the data input / output pad DQ of the
However, the semiconductor chips that do not perform the impedance adjustment operation by connecting the data input / output pads DQ of all the semiconductor chips through the through vias perform the on-die termination operation.
4 is a block diagram of a
4, a
A
The external resistor connection pad ZQ of the
The external resistor connection pads ZQ of all the semiconductor chips including the
The data input / output pads DQ of all the semiconductor chips including the
Signal lines for transmitting data of the
At this time, a through silicon via (TSV) may be used as the through via.
The
The driving
When the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL is activated, the
At this time, the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL may be an internal signal of the
The impedance adjustment operation may be performed during an initial operation period of the semiconductor circuit, and the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL may be generated internally or externally to define an impedance adjustable period.
The
At this time, in another embodiment of the present invention, only the
Therefore, the second semiconductor chip 520 (including the remaining semiconductor chips) can exclude the
However, it may be more difficult to configure different chips for productivity. Therefore, in the case where the
The impedance adjustment operation of the stacked-
First, when the impedance adjustment enable signal ZQCAL is activated, the
Meanwhile, data (DATA) of all the semiconductor chips including the
That is, the data output operation of all the semiconductor chips is performed through the data input / output pad DQ of the
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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And the plurality of semiconductor chips share the impedance adjustment information.
The plurality of semiconductor chips
A signal line for transmitting an impedance adjustment signal according to a result of performing an impedance adjustment operation is connected to each other through a through via,
And the impedance adjustment signal is shared as the impedance adjustment information.
Wherein an external resistor connection pad of one of the plurality of semiconductor chips is connected to an external resistor,
And the impedance adjustment signal is shared by the remaining semiconductor chips through the plurality of through vias as a result of the impedance adjustment operation of any one of the semiconductor chips based on the external resistor.
The plurality of semiconductor chips
Each of which is configured to independently output data.
And the data input / output pads of each of the plurality of semiconductor chips are connected to each other via through vias.
The one semiconductor chip
A driving block configured to set an impedance in response to the impedance adjustment signal as a result of performing the impedance adjustment operation and to drive and output data;
And an impedance adjusting unit configured to generate the impedance adjusting signal based on the external resistance.
Wherein an external resistor connection pad of one of the plurality of semiconductor chips is connected to an external resistor,
Wherein the semiconductor chips share the result of performing the impedance adjustment operation based on the external resistor through the plurality of through vias,
And the data output operation of the plurality of semiconductor chips is performed through any one of the semiconductor chips.
And the data input / output pads of each of the plurality of semiconductor chips are connected to each other via through vias.
The remaining semiconductor chips
And to perform an on-die termination operation according to the result of performing the impedance adjustment operation.
The one semiconductor chip
A driving block configured to set an impedance in response to the impedance adjustment signal as a result of performing the impedance adjustment operation and to drive and output data;
And an impedance adjusting unit configured to generate the impedance adjusting signal based on the external resistance.
Wherein an external resistor connection pad of one of the plurality of semiconductor chips is connected to an external resistor,
The data input / output pads of each of the plurality of semiconductor chips are connected to each other through through vias,
Wherein one of the semiconductor chips performs an impedance adjustment operation based on the external resistor and receives data of the remaining semiconductor chips including itself and outputs the data through its own data input / output pad.
The one semiconductor chip
A driving block configured to set an impedance in response to the impedance adjustment signal as a result of performing the impedance adjustment operation and to drive and output data;
And an impedance adjusting unit configured to generate the impedance adjusting signal based on the external resistance.
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