Patent ID: 11922061
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 25:
26. A method, comprising:
receiving memory-device refresh-timing information at a host device from a memory device, the memory-device refresh-timing information:
received in response to transmitting a first command to the memory device; and
indicating at least a first amount of time that remains before the memory device is scheduled to undergo a next self-refresh operation;

determining a refresh-command schedule at the host device based at least in part on the memory-device refresh-timing information;
determining host-device refresh-timing information based at least in part on the refresh-command schedule; and
transmitting the host-device refresh-timing information to the memory device in association with a second command, and wherein:
the host-device refresh-timing information indicates at least a second amount of time that remains before the host device is scheduled to issue a third command to the memory device.