IP Library Granted Patent US 9,741,409
Granted Patent B2
US 9,741,409 · App. 14/878,354 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Apparatuses and methods for targeted refreshing of memory

Inventors: William F. Jones (Boise, ID); Jeffrey P. Wright (Boise, ID)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
G11C8/10G11C11/406G11C11/4087G11C11/40611G11C11/40622G11C17/16G11C17/18G11C29/783G11C2211/4068
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Patent No.
US 9,741,409
App. No.
14/878,354
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses and methods for targeted row refreshes are disclosed herein. In an example apparatus, a predecoder receives a target row address and determines whether a target row of memory associated with the target row address is a primary or a redundant row of memory. The predecoder is further configured to cause one or more rows of memory physically adjacent the primary row of memory to be refreshed if the primary row is the target row or one or more rows of memory physically adjacent the redundant row of memory to be refreshed if the redundant row of memory is the target row of memory.

Claims (17)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a predecoder configured to receive a target row address and determine whether a target row of memory associated with the target row address is a row of primary memory or a row of redundant memory, wherein, in response to a determination that the target row of memory has been accessed more than the threshold number of times, the predecoder being further configured to:

in a first case in which the row of primary memory is the target row of memory:

in response to a first active command, cause a first row of memory physically adjacent the row of primary memory to be refreshed;

in response to a second active command, cause a second row of memory physically adjacent the row of primary memory to be refreshed; and

in response to a third active command, cause the row of the primary memory to be refreshed; and

in a second case in which the row of redundant memory is the target row of memory:

in response to the first active command, cause a first row of memory physically adjacent the row of redundant memory to be refreshed;

in response to the second active command, cause a first row of memory physically adjacent the row of redundant memory to be refreshed; and

in response to the third active command, cause the row of the redundant memory to be refreshed.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predecoder is further configured to generate a row address for the first and second rows of memory physically adjacent the row of primary memory in association with the first case and the first and second rows of redundant memory in association with the second case based, at least in part, on the target row address.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the predecoder is configured to cause the row of redundant memory to be refreshed in association with a third case in which the row redundant memory is enabled and not cause the row of redundant memory to be refreshed in associate with a fourth case in which the row of redundant memory is disabled.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predecoder is configured to cause the first and second rows of memory physically adjacent the target row of memory to be refreshed when operating in a target row refresh (TRR) mode.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first and second rows of memory physically adjacent the target row of memory comprises a boundary primary row of memory or a boundary redundant row of memory.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predecoder being configured to cause the first and second rows physically adjacent the target row of memory to be refreshed comprises the predecoder being configured to cause two rows of memory physically adjacent the target row of memory to be refreshed.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the target row address is a logical row address associated with a plurality of rows.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predecoder is included in a memory.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REPLACE ERRONEOUSLY FILED PATENT #7358718 WITH THE CORRECT PATENT #7358178 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038669 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038669/0001 →
Continuity (2)
Division 13758667 · Feb 4, 2013
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