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US 2008/0165606 A1Published application
Semiconductor memory device for reducing peak current during refresh operation
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorMin-Young You
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Abstract
A semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of banks, each having first and second cell mats, each having a plurality of word lines; a data access controller for selecting a word line from the first cell mat and the second cell mat in response to the row address and a refresh signal to be used in a refresh operation; and a bank controller for sequentially enabling the first cell mat and the second cell mat in response to a bank address and the refresh signal.
Claims7
A semiconductor memory device comprising:
- a plurality of banks, each having first and second cell mats, each having a plurality of word lines;
- a data access controller for selecting a word line from the first cell mat and the second cell mat in response to the row address and a refresh signal to be used in a refresh operation;
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- a bank controller for sequentially enabling the first cell mat and the second cell mat in response to a bank address and the refresh signal.
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