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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2010
Applicants:
Yong-gyu Chu, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Woo-pyo Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Yong-Gyu Chu, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Woo-Pyo Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A precharge method of a semiconductor memory device that controls a precharge start time of each bank during a bank precharge operation, and a semiconductor memory device using the method, are provided. The device may latch an active or write order of respective banks and differently control precharge start times of the respective banks according to the latched active or write order during a plural-bank precharge operation to allow a plurality of banks to start precharge operations at different times.