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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2020
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Kyung Mook Kim, Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Do Hong Kim, Hwaseong-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Woongrae Kim, Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Sang Il Park, Yongin-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Sang Woo Yoon, Seoul, KR;

Jong Seok Han, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/4094 (2006.01); G11C 11/4072 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 11/4072 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 11/4094 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for performing a refresh operation includes a row control circuit and a row decoder. The row control circuit is configured to generate a bank active signal and a row address for controlling an active operation for a first memory bank based on a refresh signal. The row control circuit is also configured to generate the bank active signal for controlling the active operation for a second memory bank based on a power control signal. The row decoder is configured to receive the bank active signal and the row address to control the active operation for the first memory bank and the second memory bank.


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