Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses and methods for tracking victim rows
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Application No.: US16428625Application Date: 2019-05-31
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Publication No.: US11158364B2Publication Date: 2021-10-26
- Inventor: Daniel B. Penney , Jason M. Brown , Nathaniel J. Meier , Timothy B. Cowles , Jiyun Li
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C11/406 ; G11C11/408

Abstract:
The address of victim rows may be determined based on rows that are accessed in a memory. The victim addresses may be stored and associated with a count for every time a victim row is “victimized.” When the count for a victim row reaches a threshold, the victim row may be refreshed to preserve data stored in the row. After the victim row has been refreshed, the count may be reset. When a victim row is accessed, the count may also be reset. The counts may be adjusted for closer victim rows (e.g., +/−1) at a faster rate than counts for more distant victim rows (e.g., +/−2). This may cause closer victim rows to be refreshed at a higher rate than more distant victim rows.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200381040A1 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR TRACKING VICTIM ROWS Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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