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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

May. 03, 2017
Applicant:

Renesas Electronics Corporation, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Junkei Sato, Tokyo, JP;

Nobuhiko Honda, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/18 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1072 (2013.01); G06F 13/4234 (2013.01); G11C 11/40611 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a memory control technique for avoiding that the issue of a refresh command and the issue of a calibration command are arranged in succession. The memory control circuit issues a refresh command to make a request for a refresh operation based on a set refresh cycle, and issues a calibration command to make a request for a calibrating operation based on a set calibration cycle, for which the control function of suppressing the issue of the calibration command only for a given time after the issue of the refresh command, and suppressing the issue of the refresh command only for a given time after the issue of the calibration command is adopted.


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