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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2017
Applicant:

Nanya Technology Corporation, New Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Chung-Hsun Lee, New Taipei, TW;

Hsien-Wen Liu, Taoyuan, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/783 (2013.01); G11C 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device includes a memory array, an error correction code (ECC) circuit, and a control circuit. The memory array includes plural memory rows and stores a plurality of data. The control circuit is configured to enter the memory device into a power saving mode with a first refresh rate to refresh the memory array, to control the ECC circuit to generate a first ECC according to first data during refreshing the memory array by the first refresh rate, to reduce the first refresh rate to a second refresh rate, to control the ECC circuit to determine whether an error exists in the first data during refreshing the memory array by the second refresh rate. If the error exists in the first data, the control circuit is further configured to control the ECC circuit to correct the first data.


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