Apparatuses, systems, and methods for storing memory metadata in a global column redundancy plane
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorSujeet Ayyapureddi
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Abstract
A bank of a memory device may be divided into column planes. Each column plane may be associated with column selects. In some examples, a portion of a column plane associated with one column select may be used to store metadata associated with data of the remaining column selects. In some examples, the metadata may be mapped to the data based on a portion of a column address. In some examples, whether the memory device provides metadata responsive to a column address may be based on a value stored in a mode register. In some examples, the portion of the column plane associated with the one column select associated with metadata may also store error correction code data associated with the data of the remaining column selects.
Claims8
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory array comprising:
- a plurality of column planes configured to store data, and
- a global column redundancy (GCR) plane configured to repair defective columns of the plurality of column planes and store metadata associated with the data, wherein the GCR plane comprises a plurality of columns, wherein a first portion of the plurality of columns are configured to repair the defective columns of the plurality of column planes and a second portion of the plurality of columns are configured to store the metadata, wherein the first portion and second portion are different.
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