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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Young-il Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Cheol Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jung Sik Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yun Sang Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Young-Il Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Cheol Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jung Sik Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yun Sang Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/402 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 8/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G11C 8/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a memory device includes masking at least one bank among a plurality of banks in response to a mode register writing command; and performing a refresh operation on a plurality of rows in one of unmasked banks in response to a first per-bank refresh command.