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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mikio Sakurai, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365222 ; 36523003 ;
Abstract
When refresh of a memory bank having a plurality of array banks is instructed, a refresh control circuit carries out the refresh by saving a row address latched in a row address latch circuit and a bank activation signal supplied to a bank drive unit respectively in a row address saving circuit and a bank activating information saving circuit. After the refresh completes, each array bank is returned to its original state before the refresh instruction is supplied, according to the saved row address and bank activate information. Accordingly, a synchronous semiconductor memory device in which the penalty at the time of the refresh is reduced is provided.