Refresh

11 Memory Technologies

Definition

The periodic restoration of stored charge in dynamic random-access memory cells to compensate for charge leakage over time.

Application

DRAM systems issue refresh operations within required refresh intervals so capacitor-based cell data remains valid while the memory is powered.

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DRAM refresh; Memory refresh

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