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Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2016
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Il Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Sang-Jin Byeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Taek-Sang Song, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 13/1689 (2013.01); G11C 11/40611 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G06F 13/1636 (2013.01); Y02D 10/14 (2018.01);
Abstract

A memory system includes: a memory device including a plurality of memory banks; and a memory controller suitable for monitoring a workload of the memory device and applying one of a first refresh command and a second refresh command to the memory device according to a result of the monitoring. In the memory device, the number of memory banks to be refreshed by the second refresh command may be greater than the number of memory banks to be refreshed by the first refresh command.


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