Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device for performing refresh operation and operating method therof
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Application No.: US15175925Application Date: 2016-06-07
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Publication No.: US09786351B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Sung-Yub Lee , Geun-Il Lee , Jae-Hoon Cha
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: IP & T Group LLP
- Priority: KR10-2015-0188624 20151229
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C11/406 ; G11C11/408

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device may include: a memory bank comprising a plurality of word lines; a smart command generation unit suitable for generating a smart refresh command, which is enabled at a random cycle, in response to an active command; and a refresh operation control unit suitable for performing a refresh operation to at least one of adjacent word lines of a target word line among the plurality of word lines in response to the smart refresh command.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170186480A1 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING REFRESH OPERATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEROF Public/Granted day:2017-06-29
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