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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:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/4193 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 7/20 (2006.01); G11C 11/4072 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 5/147 (2013.01); G11C 5/148 (2013.01); G11C 7/20 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G11C 11/4072 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 2211/4067 (2013.01); G11C 2211/4068 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments include a voltage generator to generate a voltage to apply to a line used to access a memory cell of a memory device in which the voltage is applied to the line when the memory cell is not being accessed, and a power controller to cause the voltage to change between refresh operations of the memory device. Other embodiments including additional apparatus, systems, and methods are described.