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Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2004
Applicants:

Hyun-suk Lee, Seoul, KR;

Kyung-woo Nam, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Hyun-Suk Lee, Seoul, KR;

Kyung-Woo Nam, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

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

A word line enable timing determination circuit of a memory device and method of determining word line enable timing in a memory device may be configured to adjust enable timing at which to activate a word line for at least one read/write command input to the memory device. This may be based on whether the memory device is performing a hidden refresh operation. In an example, and when a read/write command is input to the memory device, a word line for the read/write command may be activated after a first delay if the memory device is not executing a hidden refresh operation. Otherwise, a word line for the read/write command is activated after a second delay.


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