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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Jung-yong Choi, Bundang-gu, KR;
Young-gu Kang, Hanam-si, KR;
Ki-ho Jang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Inventors:
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 semiconductor memory device supporting a self refresh operation is disclosed and comprises an address buffer unit and an operation control unit. The address buffer unit may be enabled during the self refresh operation by a first external control signal to generate an internal address signal. The operation control unit controls the start of the self refresh operation in response to the internal address signal.