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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventor:

Shuo-Nan Hung, Zhubei, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); H03K 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems for managing data refresh for semiconductor devices are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of blocks each including multiple pages and one or more integrated circuits coupled to the memory cell array. The one or more integrated circuits are configured to: read specific data from a page of a block in the memory cell array, perform a logic operation on the specific data in the page to obtain a logic operation result, count a number of bits having a specific value among the logic operation result, determine whether the number of bits is within a data refresh criterion for the page, and in response to determining that the number of bits is outside of the data refresh criterion, generate a data refresh warning message for the page in the block.


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