Invention Grant
US07996603B2 DRAM controller that forces a refresh after a failed refresh request
有权
刷新请求失败后强制刷新的DRAM控制器
- Patent Title: DRAM controller that forces a refresh after a failed refresh request
- Patent Title (中): 刷新请求失败后强制刷新的DRAM控制器
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Application No.: US11681487Application Date: 2007-03-02
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Publication No.: US07996603B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Takashi Matsutani
- Applicant: Takashi Matsutani
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Assignee: MegaChips Corporation
- Current Assignee: MegaChips Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2006-082652 20060324
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00

Abstract:
A refresh controller transmits two refresh request signals of a first request signal which indicates a time at which a refresh operation of a DRAM may be performed and a second request signal which indicates a time at which a refresh operation of the DRAM must be performed, to an arbitrator. On the other hand, also transfer request signals each of which requests a data transfer are transmitted from plural data transfer parts, respectively, to the arbitrator. If no transfer request signal is input when a first request signal is input to the arbitrator, a refresh operation of the DRAM is performed. As a result, a refresh operation is performed when the crowding level of a bus is relatively low. This improves an efficiency in a data transfer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070245073A1 MEMORY CONTROLLER Public/Granted day:2007-10-18
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