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Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2014
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Sang-Ah Hyun, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jae-Il Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G11C 8/12 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G11C 11/408 (2013.01); G11C 8/12 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 11/40622 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device includes: a plurality of memory blocks; an address counting block suitable for generating a counting address that is changed when all the memory blocks are refreshed; a target address generation block suitable for generating a target address, which is an address of a word line requiring an additional refresh operation, in the memory blocks; and a refresh control block suitable for controlling a 1st number of the memory blocks to be refreshed when a refresh command is inputted a 1st number of times and controlling a 2nd number of the memory blocks to be refreshed when the refresh command is inputted a 2nd number of times, wherein the refresh control block controls a word line corresponding to the counting address to be refreshed and controls a word line corresponding to the target address to be refreshed during a target refresh operation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hyun, Sang-Ah. (2016). Memory device and memory system including the same (U.S. Patent No. 9349430). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9349430

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