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Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kuljit S. Bains, Olympia, WA (US);

Shay Fux, Kfar Yona, IL;

John B. Halbert, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are generally directed to performance of additional refresh operations during self-refresh mode. An embodiment of a memory device includes one or more memory banks, a mode register set, the mode register set including a first set of mode register bits, and a control logic to provide control operations for the memory device, the operations including refresh operations for the one or more memory banks in a refresh credit mode. The control logic is to perform one or more extra refresh cycles in response to receipt of a self-refresh command, the self-refresh command to provide current refresh status information, and is to store information in the first set of mode register bits regarding a modified refresh status after the performance of the one or more extra refresh cycles.


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