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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1989
Masaki Kumanoya, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuhiro Konishi, Hyogo, JP;
Katsumi Dosaka, Hyogo, JP;
Takahiro Komatsu, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshinori Inoue, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dynamic random access memory with self-refresh function, which includes a substrate bias generator (100) adapted to be intermittently driven to apply a bias potential to a semiconductor substrate (15). This memory device comprises a circuit (91) for generating an internal refresh instruction signal (.phi..sub.S) in response to an external refresh instruction signal, a circuit (92, 93) which, in response to the internal refresh instruction signal, generates a refresh enable signal (.phi..sub.R) intermittently at a predetermined interval, a circuit (94, 95, 96, 98) which, in response to the refresh enable signal, refreshes data in the memory cells, and a circuit (99) which, in response to the internal refresh instruction signal and refresh enable signal, activates the substrate bias generator in the same cycle as the cycle of generation of the refresh enable signal and only for a time shorter than the cycle of generation of the refresh enable signal. The above construction contributes to a reduced power consumption in the dynamic random access memory.