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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Sujeet Ayyapureddi, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 11/40611 (2013.01); G11C 11/40615 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary memory controller includes a refresh manager circuit configured to provide a refresh command to a memory system via a command and address bus to initiate a refresh operation at a bank of the memory system. In response to provision of the refresh command, the refresh manager circuit is further configured to issue a bank status command to the host to indicate that the bank of the memory system has switched to unavailable.