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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2003
Gil I. Winograd, Irvine, CA (US);
Sami Issa, Irvine, CA (US);
Morteza Cyrus Afghahi, Irvine, CA (US);
Gil I. Winograd, Irvine, CA (US);
Sami Issa, Irvine, CA (US);
Morteza Cyrus Afghahi, Irvine, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention describes a mechanism for refreshing multiple memory words (rows) per refresh cycle, the number of simultaneously refreshed rows being programmable by a small number of inputs. In another aspect, the invention discloses a mechanism for refreshing all banks or a programmable number of banks simultaneously in a multi-bank memory. In yet another aspect, the present invention describes a mechanism for refreshing a programmable multiple memory rows and a programmable multiple banks simultaneously.