A self-repair memory circuit includes a cell array, a controller, a row repair decoder, and a column repair decoder. The cell array includes rows and columns of memory cells. The controller receives an input indicating row repair or column repair, and a repair address shared by the row repair and the column repair of the cell array. The row repair decoder maps the repair address of a defective row to a redundant row of the cell array when the input indicates the row repair. The column repair decoder maps the repair address of a defective column to another column of the cell array when the input indicates the column repair.

A memory device includes a cell region in which memory blocks, respectively including gate electrodes and insulating layers, alternately stacked on a substrate, and channel structures, extending in a first direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, passing through the gate electrodes and the insulating layers, and connected to the substrate, are arranged. A peripheral circuit region includes a row decoder connected to the gate electrodes and a page buffer connected to the channel structures. The memory blocks include main blocks and at least one spare block, wherein a length of the spare block is shorter than a length of each of the main blocks, in a second direction, parallel to the upper surface of the substrate.

Methods, systems, and devices for circuitry borrowing in memory arrays are described. In one example, a host device may transmit an access command associated with data for a first memory section to a memory device. The first memory section may be located between a second memory section and a third memory section. A first set of circuitry shared by the first memory section and the second memory section may be operated using drivers associated with the first memory section and drivers associated with the second memory section. A second set of circuitry shared by the first memory section and the third memory section may be operated using drivers associated with the first memory section and drivers associated with the third memory section. An access operation may be performed based on operating the first set of circuitry and the second set of circuitry.

A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) comprises a plurality of primary data storage elements, a plurality of redundant data storage elements, and circuitry to receive a first register setting command and initiate a repair mode in the DRAM in response to the first register setting command. The circuitry is further to receive an activation command, repair a malfunctioning row address in the DRAM, receive a precharge command, receive a second register setting command, terminate the repair mode in the DRAM in response to the second register setting command, receive a memory access request for data stored at the malfunctioning row address, and redirect the memory access request to a corresponding row address in the plurality of redundant data storage elements.

Provided are a Fail Bit (FB) repair solution determination method and device, which are applied to a chip including multiple subdomains. The chip further includes Redundancy (RD) circuits, and the RD circuits are configured to repair FBs in the subdomains. The method includes that: after one or more available RD circuits are determined for a target FB presently to be repaired in a subdomain, a reliability value of each available RD circuit is acquired from an RD circuit reliability list, the RD circuit reliability list including reliability values of multiple RD circuits, and a repair solution for the target FB in the subdomain is determined according to the reliability value of the available RD circuit. The reliability value of the RD circuit is obtained by performing big data analysis on relationships between generated FBs and RD circuits where NFBs are located in the RD circuits.

A neuromorphic device includes a memory cell array including first resistive memory cells connected to word lines, bit lines and source lines, second resistive memory cells connected to the word lines, at least one redundancy bit line and at least one redundancy source line, third resistive memory cells connected to at least one redundancy word line, the bit lines and the source lines. The memory cell array stores data corresponding to a weight of a neural network in the first resistive memory cells, and is configured to generate a plurality of read currents based on input signals and the data. The neuromorphic device further includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) circuit configured to convert the plurality of read currents into a plurality of digital signals.

Systems and methods for repairing a memory. A method includes performing a repair analysis of the embedded memories to produce repair information. The method includes storing the repair information in the registers, where the registers are organized into groups having chains of identical length. The method includes performing collision detection between the repair information in each of the groups. The method includes merging the repair information in each of the groups. The method includes repairing the embedded memories using the merged repair information.

Methods, systems, and devices for circuit partitioning for a memory device are described. In one example, a memory device may include a set of memory tiles that each include a respective array of memory cells (e.g., in an array level or layer). Each of the memory tiles may include a respective circuit level or layer associated with circuitry configured to operate the respective array of memory cells. The memory device may also include circuitry for communicating data between the memory cells of the set of memory tiles and an input/output component. Aspects of the circuitry for communicating the data may be subdivided into repeatable blocks each configured to communicate one or more bits, and the repeatable blocks and other aspects of the circuitry for communicating the data is distributed across the circuit layer of two or more of the set of memory tiles.

Provided are a Fail Bit (FB) repair solution determination method and device, which are applied to a chip including multiple subdomains. The chip further includes Redundancy (RD) circuits, and the RD circuits are configured to repair FBs in the subdomains. The method includes that: after one or more available RD circuits are determined for a target FB presently to be repaired in a subdomain, a reliability value of each available RD circuit is acquired from an RD circuit reliability list, the RD circuit reliability list including reliability values of multiple RD circuits, and a repair solution for the target FB in the subdomain is determined according to the reliability value of the available RD circuit. The reliability value of the RD circuit is obtained by performing big data analysis on relationships between generated FBs and RD circuits where NFBs are located in the RD circuits.

Storage device programming methods, systems and media are described. A method may include encoding data to generate an encoded set of data. A first programming operation may write the encoded set of data to a memory device. The method includes encoding, using a second encoding operation based on the data, to generate a second set of encoded data. The second set of encoded data is stored to a cache. A first decoding operation is performed, based on the second set of encoded data and the encoded set of data, to generate a decoded set of data. A second decoding operation is performed to generate a second decoded set of data. The second decoded set of data is encoded to generate a third set of encoded data. The method includes performing a second programming operation to write the third set of encoded data to the memory device.