Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses and methods for tracking row accesses
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Application No.: US16513400Application Date: 2019-07-16
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Publication No.: US11386946B2Publication Date: 2022-07-12
- Inventor: Sujeet Ayyapureddi , Donald M. Morgan
- 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: G11C11/406
- IPC: G11C11/406 ; G06F9/30 ; G11C16/34 ; G11C11/16

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods for tracking all row accesses in a memory device over time may be used to identify rows which are being hammered so that ‘victim’ rows may be identified and refreshed. A register stack may include a number of count values, each of which may track a number of accesses to a portion of the word lines of the memory device. Anytime a row within a given portion is accessed, the associated count value may be incremented. When a count value exceeds a first threshold, a second stack with a second number of count values may be used to track numbers of accesses to sub-portions of the given portion. When a second count value exceeds a second threshold, victim addresses may be provided to refresh the victim word lines associated with any of the word lines within the sub-portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210020223A1 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR TRACKING ROW ACCESSES Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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