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US 12,002,501 B2Granted
Apparatuses and methods for distributed targeted refresh operations
OwnerHidekazu Noguchiinventor
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Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for distributed timing of targeted refresh operations. Information stored in volatile memory cells may decay unless refresh operations are performed. A memory device may perform auto-refresh operations, as well as one or more types of targeted refresh operations, where particular rows are targeted for a refresh. Targeted refresh operations may draw less power than an auto-refresh operation. It may be desirable to distribute targeted refresh operations throughout a sequence of refresh operations, to average out a power draw in the memory device. Responsive to an activation of a refresh signal, the memory device may perform a group of refresh operations. At least one refresh operation in each group may be a targeted refresh operation.
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