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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0658 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a memory device, the method includes periodically receiving a refresh command from a host, determining whether a target row address is activated during a predetermined period of time, and skipping a refresh operation on a word line corresponding to the target row address when the target row address is activated, and transmitting, to the host, a refresh skip signal corresponding to the word line on which the refresh operation is skipped, or performing, in response to the refresh command, a refresh operation on a word line corresponding to the target row address when the target row address is not activated.