ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,244, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Memory device and refresh method thereof" was invented by Jongpil Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device is provided. The memory device includes: a first memory cell array including a first row and a second row; and a self-refresh circuit configured to control refresh in response to a first self-refresh entry signal, and stop refresh of the second row after refreshing the first row in response to a self-refresh exit signal."

The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2022, under Application No. 18/076,932.

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