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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1987
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a refresh operation control circuit for a semiconductor memory device. Two flip-flop circuits respectively temporarily hold a normal read start command signal and a refresh start command signal generated within the memory device. A normal operation/refresh operation priority determining circuit wherein 2-input logic circuits are cross-connected so that one output in each case of each of these two flip-flop circuits provides one input of the other flip-flop circuit. The priority determining circuit determines the priority of normal read operation and refresh operation in accordance with the logic level relationship of the one inputs. Either control of the start of normal read operation or control of the start of refresh operation is carried out in accordance with the output of this determination.