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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;
Inventor:
Shinya Okuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40603 (2013.01); G11C 11/4085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device and a row-hammer refresh method thereof are provided. The memory device includes a memory array and a controller. The memory array includes a plurality of normal areas and a redundancy area adjacent to the plurality of normal areas. The redundancy area includes a plurality of first word lines and a plurality of second word lines which are alternately arranged. The controller is configured to row-hammer refresh the plurality of normal areas without row-hammer refreshing the redundancy area.