# US 8,787,106 B2 · Data storing circuit and repair circuit of memory device including the same

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- Number: US 8,787,106 B2
- Document ID: US8787106B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/542,884
- Filed: 2012-07-06
- Published: 2014-01-09
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2012-07-06
- Assignees: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicants: Jeongsu Jeong
- Inventors: Jeongsu Jeong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8787106B2

## CPC

- G11C 7/1006: {Data managing, e.g. manipulating data before writing or reading out, data bus switches or control circuits therefor}
- G11C 17/16: using electrically-fusible links
- G11C 29/785: {with redundancy programming schemes}
- G11C: STATIC STORES (semiconductor memory devices H10B)

## Abstract

A data storing circuit includes: a storage unit configured to store a multi-bit data and a validity signal representing validity of the data; and a decision unit configured to determine validity of the multi-bit data by comparing one-bit data of the multi-bit data with the validity signal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A data storing circuit, comprising:
a storage unit configured to store a multi-bit data and a validity signal representing validity of the data; and
a decision unit configured to determine validity of the multi-bit data by comparing one-bit data of the multi-bit data with the validity signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The data storing circuit of claim 1, wherein the decision unit is configured to determine the validity of the multi-bit data based on whether or not a logic value of the one-bit data is the same as a logic value of the validity signal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The data storing circuit of claim 1, wherein the decision unit is configured to determine that the multi-bit data is valid when a logic value of the one-bit data is different from a logic value of the validity signal, and
the decision unit is configured to determine that the multi-bit data is invalid when the logic value of the one-bit data is the same as the logic value of the validity signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The data storing circuit of claim 1, further comprising:
a latch unit configured to store the validity of the multi-bit data as determined by the decision unit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The data storing circuit of claim 4, wherein the latch unit is further configured to store the multi-bit data.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The data storing circuit of claim 1, wherein the storage unit includes program cells capable of changing a logic value of stored data only once.

### Claim 7

A repair circuit of a memory device, comprising:
a storage unit configured to store a multi-bit repair address and a validity signal representing validity of the repair address;
a decision unit configured to determine validity of the repair address by comparing one-bit data of the multi-bit repair address with the validity signal and generate a validity determination signal in response to the comparison;
a latch unit configured to store the validity determination signal and the repair address; and
an address comparison unit configured to generate, when the validity determination signal is enabled, a repair signal by comparing an input address and the repair address stored in the latch unit.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The repair circuit of claim 7, wherein the repair circuit is a row repair circuit and when the repair signal is enabled, the memory device is configured to access a redundancy row, and
when the repair signal is disabled, the memory device is configured to access a row designated by the input address.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The repair circuit of claim 7, wherein the repair circuit is a column repair circuit, and when the repair signal is enabled, the memory device is configured to access a redundancy column, and
when the repair signal is disabled, the memory device is configured to access a column designated by the input address.

### Claim 10

An integrated circuit chip, comprising:
an e-fuse array configured to store a plurality of data sets, each of which includes a multi-bit data, and validity signals that correspond to the data sets, respectively, and output a data set of the data sets and the corresponding validity signal at each cycle of a clock;
a decision unit configured to generate validity determination signals, wherein the validity determination signals are each generated by comparing a respective one of the validity signals with one-bit data of the data set corresponding to the validity signal;
a bus configured to transfer the validity determination signals and the data sets corresponding to the validity determination signals;
a selection signal generation unit configured to generate a plurality of selection signals in response to the clock; and
a plurality of latch sets configured to each store, in response to an enabled one of the selection signals, one of the validity determination signals and the data set corresponding to the validity determination signal.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The integrated circuit chip of claim 10, wherein the selection signal generation unit is configured to enable different ones of the multiple selection signals in different periods, respectively, of the clock.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The integrated circuit chip of claim 10, wherein the determination unit is configured to generate each of the validity determination signals based on whether or not a logic value of the one-bit data of the corresponding data set is the same as a logic value of the respective one of the validity signals.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The integrated circuit chip of claim 10, wherein the e-fuse array is configured to output the data sets in synchronization with the clock.