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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2016
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Hyeng Ouk Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); G11C 11/4093 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40626 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G11C 11/4093 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a temperature code latch circuit and a period selection circuit. The temperature code latch circuit latches a count code having a logic level combination corresponding to an internal temperature to output the latched count code as a temperature code. The period selection circuit selects a period of a refresh signal in response to the temperature code. A period variation rate of the refresh signal according to variation of the internal temperature is controlled by a first gradient selection signal in a first temperature section and is controlled by a second gradient selection signal in a second temperature section.


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