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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Min Su Park, Icheon-si, KR;
Young Jun Ku, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G11C 11/408 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G11C 29/02 (2013.01); G11C 8/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor apparatus includes a plurality of memory banks configured to perform a refresh operation in response to an address count value and row active signals; a refresh control block configured to update refresh bank informations which define a bank designated to perform the refresh operation in response to a refresh command and bank addresses, and activate a count control signal in response to the refresh bank informations; and a counter configured to change the address count value in response to activation of the count control signal.