Memory device including command-address management circuit, method of operating the same, and memory system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDoogie Lee, Sookyung Ko, Moonsang Kwon, Inhwan Doh, Hyejoon Yi
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Abstract
Provided is a memory device including a control logic circuit connected to a first bus and configured to receive a first command-address and a second command-address from an external device, an input/output (I/O) circuit connected to a second bus and configured to transmit and receive data to and from the external device, and a command-address management circuit configured to store the second command-address from the control logic circuit.
Claims20
A memory device comprising:
- a memory cell array including a first memory plane and a second memory plane;
- a control logic circuit connected to a first bus, the control logic circuit configured to receive a first command-address and a second command-address from an external device;
- an input/output (I/O) circuit connected to a second bus, the I/O circuit configured to transmit and receive data to and from the external device;
- and
- a command-address management circuit configured to receive the second command-address from the control logic circuit based on a state of the second bus, wherein
- the command-address management circuit includes,
- a command-address queue configured to store the second command-address, and
- a monitoring circuit configured to monitor the state of the second bus.
A method of operating a memory device including a first memory plane and a second memory plane operating independently of each other, the method comprising:
- receiving a first command-address instructing an input/output (I/O) operation for the first memory plane through a first bus;
- performing an operation corresponding to the first command-address;
- receiving a second command-address instructing an I/O operation for a second memory plane through the first bus;
- storing the second command-address in a command-address queue based on a state of a second bus;
- and
- performing an operation corresponding to the second command-address.
A memory system comprising:
- a memory controller configured to generate a first command-address and a second command-address;
- a memory device configured to perform an operation in response to the first command-address and the second command-address;
- a first bus configured to provide the first command-address and the second command-address to the memory device from the memory controller;
- and
- a second bus configured to transfer data between the memory controller and the memory device, wherein
- the memory device includes,
- a memory cell array including a first memory plane and a second memory plane;
- a control logic circuit connected to the first bus and configured to receive the first command-address and the second command-address;
- an input/output (I/O) circuit connected to the second bus and configured to transmit and receive data to and from the memory controller;
- and
- a command-address management circuit configured to receive the second command-address through the control logic circuit based on a state of the second bus, wherein
- the command-address management circuit includes,
- a command-address queue configured to store the second command-address, and
- a monitoring circuit configured to monitor the state of the second bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.