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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Hideaki Miyamoto, Ogaki, JP;

Shigeharu Matsushita, Katano, JP;

Inventors:

Hideaki Miyamoto, Ogaki, JP;

Shigeharu Matsushita, Katano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This memory comprises a first frequency detecting portion detecting access frequencies with respect to a plurality of memory cell blocks respectively, a comparator comparing the access frequencies with respect to the plurality of memory cell blocks detected by the first frequency detecting portion with each other and a refresh portion exercising control for selecting a prescribed memory cell block from among the plurality of memory cell blocks on the basis of comparison data output from the comparator and preferentially rewriting data in the memory cells included in the selected memory cell block.


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