Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory system performing hammer refresh operation and method of controlling refresh of memory device
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Application No.: US17399402Application Date: 2021-08-11
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Publication No.: US11508429B2Publication Date: 2022-11-22
- Inventor: Yeonkyu Choi , Dokyun Kim , Seongjin Lee , Doohee Hwang
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Lee IP Law, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2020-0155414 20201119
- Main IPC: G11C11/406
- IPC: G11C11/406 ; G11C7/10

Abstract:
A memory system includes a memory controller and a memory device. The memory controller generates refresh commands periodically by an average refresh interval. The memory device performs a normal refresh operation and a hammer refresh operation during a refresh cycle time. The memory device includes a memory cell array including memory cells connected to a plurality of wordlines, a temperature sensor configured to provide temperature information by measuring an operation temperature of the memory cell array and a refresh controller configured to control the normal refresh operation and the hammer refresh operation. The refresh controller varies a hammer ratio of a unit hammer execution number of the hammer refresh operation executed during the refresh cycle time with respect to a unit normal execution number of the normal refresh operation executed during the refresh cycle time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220157373A1 MEMORY SYSTEM PERFORMING HAMMER REFRESH OPERATION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING REFRESH OF MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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