Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic random access memory with configurable refresh rate for communications systems
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Application No.: US14874992Application Date: 2015-10-05
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Publication No.: US09659625B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Curtis Ling
- Applicant: MaxLinear, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: Maxlinear, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Maxlinear, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy
- Main IPC: G11C11/20
- IPC: G11C11/20 ; G11C11/406 ; G11C29/02 ; G11C29/42 ; G11C29/50 ; G11C11/4076 ; G11C11/404 ; G11C29/04

Abstract:
An integrated circuit may comprise a digital logic circuit, a memory refresh circuit, a first one or more dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cells, and a second one or more DRAM cells. The first DRAM cell(s) may be refreshed by the memory refresh circuit whereas the second DRAM cell(s) is not refreshed by any memory refresh circuit. Each of the first DRAM cell(s) and the second DRAM cell(s) may be a one-transistor cell. The first DRAM cell(s) may be used for storage of data which is overwritten at less than a threshold frequency. The second DRAM cell(s) may be used for storage of data which is overwritten at greater than the threshold frequency. A rate at which the first DRAM cell(s) are refreshed may be adjusted during run-time of the integrated circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160027493A1 DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY FOR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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