Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for reducing volatile DRAM power budget
- Patent Title (中): 降低易失性DRAM功率预算的方法和系统
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Application No.: US11877523Application Date: 2007-10-23
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Publication No.: US08555137B2Publication Date: 2013-10-08
- Inventor: Terry C. Brown
- Applicant: Terry C. Brown
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: Frankfurt GmbH, LLC
- Current Assignee: Frankfurt GmbH, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Main IPC: H03M13/00
- IPC: H03M13/00

Abstract:
A portable device (114) includes a power source (120), a volatile memory (118) requiring refreshing to avoid data loss, and a memory management module (116). The volatile memory (118) is operably coupled to the power source (120) for power. The memory management module (116) is operably coupled to the volatile memory (118). The memory management module (116) is also adapted to refresh the volatile memory (118) at a refresh rate which causes refresh-based errors and to correct the refresh-based errors. Also disclosed is a method for reduced power consumption by a volatile memory requiring refreshing to avoid data loss in which such a volatile memory is refreshed (122) at a refresh rate. All defective bits are detected (124) at the refresh rate. An error correction code is selected (126) for correcting the defective bits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080046798A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING VOLATILE DRAM POWER BUDGET Public/Granted day:2008-02-21
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