A data receiving device of a memory device comprises a first pre-amplifier configured to receive previous data, a first reference voltage, and input data, and to output differential signals by comparing the input data with the first reference voltage in response to a clock, when the first pre-amplifier is selected in response to the previous data, a second pre-amplifier configured to receive inverted previous data, a second reference voltage, different from the first reference voltage, and the input data, and outputting a common signal in response to the clock, when the second pre-amplifier is unselected in response to the previous data; and an amplifier configured to receive the differential signals and the common signal, and to latch the input data by amplifying the differential signals.

The present technology relates to an electronic device. A memory device having improved memory block management performance according to the present technology includes a memory block, a peripheral circuit, and a control logic. The peripheral circuit performs a read operation and a program operation on a selected physical page among a plurality of physical pages. The control logic controls the peripheral circuit to read first logical page data stored in a first physical page and second logical page data stored in a second physical page among the plurality of physical pages, and additionally program the second logical page data into the first physical page using the read first and second logical page data.

A memory device, such as an MRAM memory, includes a memory array with a plurality of bit cells. The memory array is configured to store trimming information and store user data. A sense amplifier is configured to read the trimming information from the memory array, and a trimming register is configured to receive the trimming information from the sense amplifier. The sense amplifier is configured to receive the trimming information from the trimming register so as to operate in a trimmed mode for reading the user data from the memory array.

Aspects of the disclosure provide a memory device. For example, the memory device can include a memory array, a bitline and a buffer. The memory array can include a plurality of memory strings. The memory strings can be divided into a first memory string group and a second memory string group. The bitline can include a first bitline segment coupled to the first memory string group and a second bitline segment coupled to the second memory string group. The first bitline segment can be disposed between the first memory string group and the buffer and be connected to the buffer through a first conduction path. The second bitline segment can be disposed between the second memory string group and the buffer and be connected to the buffer through a second conduction path.

The present technology includes a memory device. The memory device includes memory cells, page buffers configured to store sensed data obtained from the memory cells, a current sensing circuit configured to compare a sensed voltage generated according to the sensed data and a reference voltage generated according to an allowable fail bit code, and output a pass signal or a fail signal according to a comparison result, and a fail bit manager configured to increase an allowable number of fail bits included in the allowable fail bit code until the pass signal is output from the current sensing circuit, change the allowable fail bit code according to the allowable number of fail bits, and provide the allowable fail bit code to the current sensing circuit.

A method described herein involves identifying a first time associated with a read operation that retrieves data of a write unit at a memory sub-system, identifying a second time associated with a write operation that stored the data of the write unit at the memory sub-system, and performing a refresh operation for the data of the write unit at the memory sub-system based on a difference between the first time associated with the read operation and the second time associated with the write operation.

A sub-sense amplifier includes a semiconductor substrate, a first pair of complementary transistors, a second pair of complementary transistors, and at least one ground transistor. The first pair and second pair of complementary transistors and the ground transistor are formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first pair of complementary transistors are disposed in line symmetry with a center line of the sub-sense amplifier as a symmetry axis, and gates of the first pair of complementary transistors are coupled to a node. The second pair of complementary transistors are also disposed in line symmetry with the center line, wherein the current directions of the second pair of complementary transistors are the same. Sources and drains of the first pair of complementary transistors are coupled to gates and sources of the second pair of complementary transistors, respectively. The ground transistor connects in series with the second pair of complementary transistors.

A high resolution impedance adjustment (ZQ) calibration method using a hidden least significant bit (HLSB) is provided. The high resolution ZQ calibration method generates a data input/output (DQ) code of n+1 bits without a calibration time increase by adding the hidden least significant bit (HLSB) to a ZQ code of n bits output in a ZQ calibration operation of an impedance adjustment (ZQ) pad. A change in a termination resistance of the DQ pad is reduced as small as possible by the DQ code of n+1 bits.

Various apparatuses, systems, methods, and media are disclosed to provide over-voltage protection to a data interface of a multi-protocol memory card that includes a first communication interface and a second communication interface that enable communication using different protocols. An interface voltage protection circuit includes a control circuit configured to receive a first supply voltage for operating the first communication interface. The interface voltage protection circuit further includes a pull-down circuit operatively connected with the control circuit, configured to pull down a voltage at a supply voltage rail of the second communication interface such that a voltage at a plurality of connector terminals of the second communication interface is lower than the first supply voltage.

Disclosed herein is logic circuitry and techniques for operation that hardware to enable the construction of first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffers from latches while permitting stuck-at-1 fault testing for the enable pin of those latches, as well as testing the data path at individual points through the FIFO buffer.