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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of word lines; a plurality of memory cells corresponding to the plurality of word lines; and a refresh circuit for sequentially driving the plurality of word lines to refresh each of the plurality of memory cells based on a timer period, which sets the timer period in accordance with a disturb amount in an active mode upon shift from the active mode to the standby mode.