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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-Hoon Jung, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seong-Jin Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a plurality of memory chips that are stacked, wherein each of the memory chips includes a memory cell array, which includes a plurality of memory cell rows, a chip identifier generator configured to generate a chip identifier signal indicating a chip identifier of each of the memory chips, a refresh counter configured to generate a target row address for refreshing the memory cell rows in response to a refresh command, and a refresh row address generator, which receives the chip identifier signal and the target row address and outputs one of the target row address and an inverted target row address, obtained by inverting the target row address, as a refresh row address based on the chip identifier signal, and performs a refresh operation on a memory cell row corresponding to the refresh row address.