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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2010
Applicants:

Homare Sato, Tokyo, JP;

Junichi Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Homare Sato, Tokyo, JP;

Junichi Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

PS4 Luxco S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/4072 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 16/20 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4072 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G11C 16/20 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 2211/4061 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01);
Abstract

To include a plurality of core chips to which different pieces of chip information from each other are given in advance. A first refresh command is divided into a plurality of second refresh commands having different timings from each other, and a refresh operation is performed on a core chip for which a count value of the second refresh commands and at least a portion of the chip information match each other. With this configuration, even when the second refresh command is commonly supplied to a plurality of core chips, it is possible to shift a timing for the refresh operation in each of the core chips. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a peak current at the time of the refresh operation.


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