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Method and apparatus to execute a memory maintenance operation during a screen blanking interval

US6593930B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 1999
Grant dateJul 15, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/77
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory controller, in one embodiment of the present invention, can control the execution of a memory maintenance operation. A screen blanking event counter can output a first signal. A memory maintenance state circuit can be coupled to the screen blanking event counter to receive the first signal. The memory maintenance state circuit can output a memory maintenance enable signal.

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