Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power-down method for system having volatile memory devices
- Patent Title (中): 具有易失性存储器件的系统的掉电方式
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Application No.: US12966039Application Date: 2010-12-13
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Publication No.: US08656199B2Publication Date: 2014-02-18
- Inventor: Beom-Sig Cho , Tae-Sik Son
- Applicant: Beom-Sig Cho , Tae-Sik Son
- Applicant Address: KR Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Muir Patent Consulting, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2010-0019484 20100304
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26 ; G06F1/32

Abstract:
A power-down method for a system including a plurality of volatile memory devices is disclosed. The method includes providing some of the plurality of volatile memory devices or some memory regions of the volatile memory devices to operate in a self-refresh mode, thereby increasing a rebooting operation speed and reducing power consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110219248A1 POWER-DOWN METHOD FOR SYSTEM HAVING VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES Public/Granted day:2011-09-08
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