Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reduction of power consumption in memory devices during refresh modes
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Application No.: US15354200Application Date: 2016-11-17
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Publication No.: US09984737B2Publication Date: 2018-05-29
- Inventor: Christopher E. Cox , Kuljit Singh Bains , John B. Halbert
- Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Compass IP Law PC
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C11/406 ; G11C11/4096 ; G11C11/4074 ; G11C7/08

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods include an active mode to accommodate read/write operations of a memory device and a self-refresh mode to accommodate recharging of voltage levels representing stored data when read/write operations are idle. At least one register source provides a first voltage level and a second voltage level that is less than the first voltage level. With such a configuration, during the active mode, the memory device operates at the first voltage level as provided by the at least one register source, and during the self-refresh mode, the memory device operates at the second voltage level as provided by the at least one register source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170169881A1 REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION IN MEMORY DEVICES DURING REFRESH MODES Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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