Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refresh control device
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Application No.: US15169216Application Date: 2016-05-31
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Publication No.: US09607679B1Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Youk Hee Kim , Jun Gi Choi
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Icheon-si
- Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
- Current Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Icheon-si
- Agency: William Park & Associates Ltd.
- Priority: KR10-2016-0025183 20160302
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C11/406 ; G11C11/409

Abstract:
A refresh control device is disclosed, which relates to a technology for efficiently storing weak cell refresh addresses. The refresh control device includes a weak cell address storage circuit to store a weak address, a weak cell address control circuit, and a row address control circuit. The weak cell address control circuit outputs a weak enable signal and a row address by comparing a refresh address with the weak address, and only activates the refresh address according to the comparison result or activates both the refresh address and the row address. The row address control circuit controls a refresh operation by selectively activating a word line of a bank in response to the refresh address, the weak enable signal, and the row address.
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