Automated Error Correction with Memory Refresh

A method comprising:

• receiving a read command from an interconnect via an interface, the read command including an address;
• reading data from at least one memory array based on the address included in the read command;
• checking integrity of the data based on at least one error correction code (ECC) value;
• determining that the data includes at least one error based on the checking;
• and
• storing at least part of the address based on the determining.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory array;
• error correction code (ECC) logic configured to perform an ECC process for data stored in the at least one memory array;
• a buffer memory;
• and
• control circuitry that is configured to perform an automated error correction process with memory refresh, the automated error correction process comprising:
• determining that a memory address of the at least one memory array is associated with at least one bit-error during a read operation using the ECC logic;
• writing the memory address to the buffer memory;
• entering a self-refresh mode for the at least one memory array;
• determining that a refresh address matches the memory address;
• and
• correcting the at least one bit-error in conjunction with refreshing one or more memory cells that are represented by the refresh address.

A method comprising:

• operating a package comprising one or more memory dies in an architecture in which an error correction code (ECC) process is automated in response to a self-refresh command;
• determining that a memory address has at least one bit-error during a read operation based on at least one ECC value;
• writing the memory address to a buffer memory;
• entering a self-refresh mode in response to the self-refresh command;
• determining that a self-refresh address matches the memory address;
• and
• correcting the at least one bit-error responsive to refreshing one or more memory cells represented by the self-refresh address based on the determining that the self-refresh address matches the memory address.