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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang-Mook Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of banks; a plurality of word lines; an advanced refresh operation mode where two or more word lines are selected in parallel in each bank; a pulse generation unit suitable for generating a single bank refresh pulse that toggles for a given time in response to a single bank refresh command of a single bank refresh operation mode; and an address generation unit suitable for generating an advanced single bank address for selecting at least two word lines in one of the banks in response to the single bank refresh pulse and an input address in an entry section of the advanced refresh operation mode.