TY - GEN
T1 - Asymmetric ECC organization in 3D-memory via spare column utilization
AU - Han, Hyunseung
AU - Yang, Joon Sung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/11/2
Y1 - 2015/11/2
N2 - 3D-memory and processor-memory structures are promising applications of 3D-IC technology. With 3D integration, the effective density of memories can increase and the interconnect distance from processor to memory can be shortened. Due to their stacked structure, the upper dies behave as shields blocking outer particles from reaching lower dies, and it makes an error rate of the top layer largest among all layers. Therefore, it is important to improve reliability of upper dies in the 3D-ICs. A novel ECC scheme for 3D-memory to secure reliable operations by enhancing ECC capability of upper layer memories is introduced in this paper. The proposed scheme does not require additional redundancies. Instead, it utilizes unused spare columns of lower layer memories to store additional check-bits of upper layer memories. It forms an asymmetric ECC organization across different layers which enhances ECC capabilities in upper layers. Experimental results show that the proposed method can tolerate more than three times of a bit-error rate compared to the conventional method.
AB - 3D-memory and processor-memory structures are promising applications of 3D-IC technology. With 3D integration, the effective density of memories can increase and the interconnect distance from processor to memory can be shortened. Due to their stacked structure, the upper dies behave as shields blocking outer particles from reaching lower dies, and it makes an error rate of the top layer largest among all layers. Therefore, it is important to improve reliability of upper dies in the 3D-ICs. A novel ECC scheme for 3D-memory to secure reliable operations by enhancing ECC capability of upper layer memories is introduced in this paper. The proposed scheme does not require additional redundancies. Instead, it utilizes unused spare columns of lower layer memories to store additional check-bits of upper layer memories. It forms an asymmetric ECC organization across different layers which enhances ECC capabilities in upper layers. Experimental results show that the proposed method can tolerate more than three times of a bit-error rate compared to the conventional method.
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U2 - 10.1109/DFT.2015.7315128
DO - 10.1109/DFT.2015.7315128
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84962787244
T3 - Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems, DFTS 2015
SP - 13
EP - 16
BT - Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems, DFTS 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 28th IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems, DFTS 2015
Y2 - 12 October 2015 through 14 October 2015
ER -