Semiconductor memory device having refresh circuit and word...

Details Semiconductor memory device having refresh circuit and word... Semiconductor memory device having refresh circuit and word...

2011-04-19

2011-04-19

Tran, Michael T (Department: 2827)

Static information storage and retrieval

Read/write circuit

Data refresh

C365S230060

Reexamination Certificate

active

07929369

ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having at least one memory bank. The memory bank being divided into memory blocks such that the memory blocks have a block position including at least one edge memory block at an edge of the memory bank and at least one non-edge memory block. Each memory block includes a plurality of memory cells. Each memory cell associated with at least one bit line and at least one word line. The semiconductor memory device includes a refresh execution circuit configured to activate a less than or equal number of word lines one at a time during a refresh operation for the memory cells in the edge memory block as activated one at a time during a refresh operation for the memory cells in the non-edge memory block.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5608682 (1997-03-01), Jinbo et al.
patent: 5715206 (1998-02-01), Lee et al.
patent: 6944081 (2005-09-01), Takahashi et al.
patent: 7170808 (2007-01-01), Hokenmaier
patent: 7177220 (2007-02-01), Chou et al.
patent: 7317650 (2008-01-01), Shinozaki et al.
patent: 7466617 (2008-12-01), Luk et al.
patent: 2002/0093864 (2002-07-01), Ooishi

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Semiconductor memory device having refresh circuit and word... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Semiconductor memory device having refresh circuit and word..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Semiconductor memory device having refresh circuit and word... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2662987