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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mosaddiq Saifuddin, San Diego, CA (US);

SankaraRao Kunapareddy, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 11/40622 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and method are directed to accessing a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) system. A DRAM controller is designed to determine that a DRAM bank of a DRAM system is in a self-refresh state and allow one or more commands to access the DRAM bank without exiting the self-refresh state. The DRAM controller may select these one or more commands, based on one or more of a clock frequency, traffic conditions related to requests for accessing the DRAM bank, or a command type. The one or more commands may include at least one of read (RD), write (WR), or precharge (PRE) commands received while the DRAM bank is in the self-refresh state.


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