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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Sandeep K. Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);
Animesh Mishra, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jun Shi, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sandeep K. Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);
Animesh Mishra, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jun Shi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises upon entering a self-refresh mode, refreshing memory cells in a memory device at a first refresh frequency; and upon a predefined event refreshing the memory cells at a second refresh frequency, while in the self-refresh mode.