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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2016
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Hoon Ryu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/76 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G11C 11/408 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device may include a plurality of normal word lines; a plurality of redundancy word lines capable of replacing the word lines; a hammering information storage unit capable of storing an address of a row hammering word line of the normal word lines and the redundancy word lines; an address generation unit capable of generating an address of a normal word line or redundancy word line adjacent to a normal word line or redundancy word line corresponding to the address stored in the hammering information storage unit; and a refresh control unit capable of selecting the normal word line or redundancy word line corresponding to the address generated by the address generation unit for performing an additional refresh operation.


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