Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory device for refreshing redundancy area word lines, and refresh method thereof
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Application No.: US16942793Application Date: 2020-07-30
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Publication No.: US11145350B2Publication Date: 2021-10-12
- Inventor: Shinya Okuno
- Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Applicant Address: TW Taichung
- Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taichung
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Priority: JPJP2019-141855 20190801
- Main IPC: G11C11/406
- IPC: G11C11/406 ; G11C11/408

Abstract:
A memory device and a refresh method thereof are provided. The memory device includes a memory array and a controller. The memory array includes a plurality of normal areas and a redundancy area near the plurality of normal areas. The redundancy area includes a plurality of redundancy word lines. A plurality of boundary word lines are arranged near boundaries between the plurality of normal areas and the redundancy area. The controller refreshes the plurality of redundancy word lines in sequence, and refreshes the plurality of boundary word lines in sequence after refreshing the plurality of redundancy word lines in sequence.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210035625A1 MEMORY DEVICE AND REFRESH METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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