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Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Liang Deng, Saratoga, CA (US);

Norman J. Rohrer, San Jose, CA (US);

Yizhang Yang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Arpit Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40626 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 2211/4061 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a memory controller in an integrated circuit may generate refreshes for one or more DRAMs coupled to the integrated circuit according to a refresh rate. The integrated circuit may include one or more temperature sensors. A rate of change of the temperature may be determined from the temperature sensors. If the rate is greater than a threshold, the memory controller may generate refreshes according to a refresh rate specified by the DRAMs. If the rate is less than the threshold, the memory controller may generate refreshes at a reduced refresh rate.


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