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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Yoshiro Riho, Koganei, JP;
Yoshinori Matsui, Sagamihara, JP;
Kiyohiro Furutani, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takahiko Fukiage, Akashi, JP;
Ki-Jun Nam, Boise, ID (US);
John D. Porter, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a first counter circuit configured to periodically update a count value during a first operation mode, a burst clock generator configured to successively generate a burst pulse predetermined times when the count value indicates a predetermined value, and a row address control circuit configured to perform a refresh operation on the memory cell array in response to the burst pulse.