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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2005
Applicant:
Margaret Clark Freebern, Richmond, VT (US);
Inventor:
Margaret Clark Freebern, Richmond, VT (US);
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory includes at least two memory banks, each memory bank including an array of memory cells including rows and columns. The memory includes a directed auto-refresh memory bank selection circuit configured to simultaneously select a first of the at least two memory banks for a read or write operation and a second of the at least two memory banks for a directed auto-refresh.