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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Jae Bum Ko, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK HYNIX INC., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 8/12 (2006.01); G11C 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40611 (2013.01); G11C 8/12 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 8/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory apparatus may include a refresh mode control circuit configured to enable a row address increase signal when all banks capable of being designated by a bank address in a refresh operation are all designated. The semiconductor memory apparatus may also include and a row address generation circuit configured to increase a value of a row address when the row address increase signal is enabled.