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Semiconductor memory device

US5243576A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 29, 1991
Grant dateSep 7, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/406
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor memory device is capable of holding stored contents of dynamic memory cells effectively through a refresh operation. The memory device has a frequency-divider circuit, a refresh control circuit for generating a word line activation signal in response to an output of the frequency-divider circuit and a control circuit for controlling a frequency division value of the frequency-divider circuit.

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