Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refresh control circuit for target refresh operation of semiconductor memory device, and operating method thereof
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Application No.: US15447254Application Date: 2017-03-02
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Publication No.: US09953696B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Jung-Hyun Kim
- 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: KR10-2016-0106908 20160823
- Main IPC: G11C8/00
- IPC: G11C8/00 ; G11C11/4078 ; G11C11/406 ; G11C11/4076

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device may include: a memory cell region including a plurality of memory cells coupled between a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines; and a refresh control block suitable for performing a first refresh operation onto the plurality of the word lines in response to a refresh signal, counting the number of active signals that are inputted between at least two neighboring refresh signals and when the counted number of the active signals is equal to or greater than a reference number, performing a second refresh operation onto a word line corresponding to a target address.
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