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US 6,556,496 B2Granted
Semiconductor configuration with optimized refresh cycle
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsAlexander Benedix, Roland Barth, Stephan Grosse, Reinhard Dueregger
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Abstract
A semiconductor configuration is described and has a temperature sensor, which measures a temperature of a semiconductor module. The measured temperature is provided to a control unit, so that the control unit can adapt a refresh cycle in the semiconductor module to the retention time corresponding to the measured temperature.
Claims8
A semiconductor configuration, comprising:
- a semiconductor module having housing pins;
- a control unit connected to said semiconductor module and subjecting said semiconductor module to a refresh cycle with a refresh time set such that, at a highest semiconductor module temperature to be expected, a retention time of said semiconductor module is longer than the refresh time;
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- a temperature sensor disposed in said semiconductor module and connected to one of said housing pins, said temperature sensor measuring a temperature of said semiconductor module and reporting the temperature to said control unit, said control unit adapting the refresh time of the refresh cycle to the retention time expected for said semiconductor module at the temperature measured.
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