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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2014
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Seok-Cheol Yoon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Bo-Yeun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jae-Boum Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 11/40611 (2013.01); G11C 2211/4065 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory includes a plurality of word lines each coupled to one or more memory cells, an address storage unit suitable for storing an address of a word line selected for access by a control unit among the plurality of word lines at a first time point; and the control unit suitable for sequentially refreshing the plurality of word lines in response to application of a refresh command, refreshing one or more adjacent word lines adjacent to a word line corresponding to the address stored in the address storage unit in response to every Nth application of the refresh command where N is a natural number and selecting one or more of the plurality of word lines for access, wherein the first time point is included in time section other than a refresh section in which the control unit refreshes one or more word lines in response to application of the refresh command.


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