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Patent No.:

US 7042785 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2003
Applicant:

Joonho Kim, Cary, NC (US);

Inventor:

Joonho Kim, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to the present invention, refresh operation of a device employing a plural refresh cycle scheme is controlled. The refresh scheme employed by the device performs a plurality of refresh cycles of a predetermined quantity in response to a command initiating a refresh operation to maintain data storage. The present invention includes a mode generator that supplies information relating to a desired quantity of refresh cycles to be performed in response to the refresh initiating command and a refresh enable unit that controls the device to perform the desired quantity of refresh cycles within the refresh scheme in response to the refresh initiating command.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kim, Joonho. (2006). Method and apparatus for controlling refresh cycles of a plural cycle refresh scheme in a dynamic memory (U.S. Patent No. 7042785). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7042785

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