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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Munehiro Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Shinya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
An internal row address signal is generated by a refresh address counter and supplied to a row decoder. In a normal refresh operation, the refresh address counter sequentially increments the internal row address signal on the basis of a trigger signal. As a result, the data in all memory cells is refreshed. In a low-consumption-current refresh operation, at least one of the bits of the internal row address signal is fixed. Hence, the refresh operation is executed only for the memory cells of a predetermined refresh area.