Memory device including a plurality of area having different refresh periods, memory controller controlling the same and memory system including the same

US11276452B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-11276452-B2
Application numberUS-202016988478-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 7, 2020
Priority dateApr 14, 2020
Publication dateMar 15, 2022
Grant dateMar 15, 2022

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A memory system includes a memory device including a first area being refreshed according to a first refresh period and a second area begin refreshed according to a second refresh period longer than the first refresh period. The memory system also includes a memory controller configured to generate a write command and a write data corresponding to a first write request and a first data.

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What is claimed is: 1. A memory system comprising: a memory device including a first area being refreshed according to a first refresh period and a second area begin refreshed according to a second refresh period longer than the first refresh period; and a memory controller configured to generate a write command and write data corresponding to a first write request and first data, wherein first data corresponding to a first part of the write data is stored in the first area and second data corresponding a second part of the write data is stored in the second area, and wherein the memory controller splits the first write request into a 11th write request and a 12th write request, generates a 11th write command corresponding to the 11th write request and a 12th write command corresponding to the 12th write request to provide the 11th write command and the 12th write command to the memory device, wherein the first data corresponds to the 11th write command the second data corresponds to the 12th write command. 2. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the first data corresponds to upper bits of the write data and the second data corresponds to lower bits of the write data. 3. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein when a second write request is for an address consecutive to an address for the first write request, the memory controller splits the second write request into a 21st write request and a 22nd write request, generates a first merged command corresponding to the 11th write request and the 21 st write request and a second merged command corresponding to the 12 th write request and the 22nd write request, and provides the first merged command and the second merged command to the memory device. 4. The memory system of claim 1 , further comprising a neural network operation processing circuit providing the first write request and the first write data to the memory controller.

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  • Data managing, e.g. manipulating data before writing or reading out, data bus switches or control circuits therefor · CPC title

  • Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling · CPC title

  • Geometric lay-out considerations of storage- and peripheral-blocks in a semiconductor storage device (geometrical lay-out of the components in integrated circuits, geometrical lay-out of the components in integrated circuits H10D89/10) · CPC title

  • Controller construction arrangements · CPC title

  • Input/output [I/O] data management or control circuits, e.g. reading or writing circuits, I/O drivers or bit-line switches · CPC title

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What does patent US11276452B2 cover?
A memory system includes a memory device including a first area being refreshed according to a first refresh period and a second area begin refreshed according to a second refresh period longer than the first refresh period. The memory system also includes a memory controller configured to generate a write command and a write data corresponding to a first write request and a first data.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Sk Hynix Inc, Univ Yonsei Iacf
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G11C11/406. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 15 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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