Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Timing control circuit and semiconductor storage device
- Patent Title (中): 定时控制电路和半导体存储设备
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Application No.: US12205668Application Date: 2008-09-05
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Publication No.: US07973582B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Akira Ide , Yasuhiro Takai , Tomonori Sekiguchi , Riichiro Takemura , Satoru Akiyama , Hiroaki Nakaya
- Applicant: Akira Ide , Yasuhiro Takai , Tomonori Sekiguchi , Riichiro Takemura , Satoru Akiyama , Hiroaki Nakaya
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2007-233001 20070907
- Main IPC: H03H11/26
- IPC: H03H11/26

Abstract:
Disclosed is a timing control circuit which receives a first clock having a period T1 and a group of second clocks of L different phases (where L is a positive integer) spaced apart from each other at substantially equal intervals and which generates a fine timing signal delayed from the rising edge of the first clock by a delay td of approximately td=m·T1+n·(T2/L), where m and n are non-negative integers. The timing control circuit has a coarse delay circuit and a fine delay circuit. The coarse delay circuit counts the rising edges of the first clock after an activate signal is activated and generates a coarse timing signal delayed from the first clock by approximately m·T1. The fine delay circuit has a circuit which, after the activate signal is activated, detects a second clock, which has a rising edge that immediately follows the rising edge of the first clock, from among the group of L-phase second clocks. Using the edge-detection information, the fine delay circuit generates a fine timing signal for which the amount of delay from the coarse timing signal is approximately n·(T2/L). The values of m and n can be set by registers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090066390A1 TIMING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-03-12
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