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Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Kwang Hyun Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Ki Seok Oh, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G06F 12/109 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40603 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 12/109 (2013.01); G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 11/40622 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1041 (2013.01); G06F 2212/657 (2013.01); Y02D 10/00 (2018.01);
Abstract

A common memory device shared by a first processor and a second processor is provided. The common memory device includes a memory cell array including a first memory region allocated for the first processor and a second memory region allocated for the second processor, a refresh masking information storage circuit configured to store refresh masking information indicating whether a refresh is performed on at least one of the first and second memory regions, and a refresh circuit configured to selectively perform the refresh on the first memory region and the second memory region according to the refresh masking information.


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