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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2004
Applicant:
Manfred Dobler, Ergoldsbach, DE;
Inventor:
Manfred Dobler, Ergoldsbach, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for refreshing a dynamic memory cell in a memory circuit are provided, wherein the required time between refresh operations may be increased by increasing the potential difference between a high charge potential and common center potential used during a refresh mode relative to the potential difference between the high charge potential and the common center potential used during read or write modes.