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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:
Apr. 20, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2008
Applicant:

Jee-yul Kim, Kyoungki-do, KR;

Inventor:

Jee-Yul Kim, Kyoungki-do, KR;

Assignee:

Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Provided is a memory device capable of automatically controlling a self refresh cycle by sensing an ambient temperature, rather than setting Extended Mode Register Set (EMRS) code. The memory device includes a temperature sensing unit for generating a first voltage independent of a temperature variation and a second voltage dependent upon a temperature variation, a comparing unit for comparing the first voltage with the second voltage to provide a comparison result signal, and a self refresh signal generating unit for receiving a self refresh entry signal and generating a self refresh signal of temperature compensated cycle under the control of the comparison result signal.


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