Memory device capable of determining candidate wordline for refresh and control method thereof

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PATENT NO 9805782
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15422488

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A memory device includes an address generation circuit, an address processing circuit and a refresh control circuit. The address generation circuit generates a first intermediate address according to a row address. The first intermediate address includes a first wordline address and an identification code indicating whether a first wordline indicated by the first wordline address is a normal or redundant wordline. The address processing circuit refers to the first intermediate address to generate a second intermediate address indicating a second wordline adjacent to the first wordline. The second intermediate address includes a second wordline address and an identification code indicating whether the second wordline is a normal or redundant wordline. The refresh control circuit determines a disturbance count of the second wordline each time the first wordline is activated, and refers to the disturbance count to determine whether to output the second wordline address to refresh the second wordline.

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ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INCNO 23 GONGYE E 4TH RD EAST DIST HSINCHU CITY 300

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Liou, Jian-Sing Kaohsiung, TW 6 90

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