Abstract:
A buffer of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a buffering section configured to generate an output signal by buffering an input signal. A mismatch compensation section generates a control voltage in correspondence with sizes of a second transistor of the same type as a first transistor constituting the buffering section, wherein the buffering section controls a transition time of the output signal in response to a level of the control voltage.
Abstract:
An apparatus for supplying an overdriving signal in a memory apparatus. The apparatus includes: a voltage detecting block that outputs a plurality of detection signals according to the level of an external voltage, and a pulse generator that outputs the overdriving signals having different pulse widths according to the plurality of detection signals.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device having a driver configured to sequentially perform over-driving and normal driving operations is presented. The semiconductor memory device includes a driver that outputs a drive signal, that over-drives the drive signal with an over-drive voltage having a voltage level higher than a normal drive voltage, and then subsequently normally drives the drive signal with the normal drive voltage. The semiconductor memory device also includes a drive voltage adjuster that detects a level of the over-drive voltage and compensates for a change in the voltage level of the normal drive voltage in response to the detected level of the over-drive voltage.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes an internal circuit configured to be driven by current flowing between first and second voltage nodes, and a current control unit configured to control an amount of the current in response to an operational-speed information signal.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device of the claimed invention, having an active state for performing a read or write operation and an inactive state except for the active state includes a data input/output (I/O) line; a pull-up latch unit for pulling-up the data I/O line when the semiconductor memory device is in the inactive state; a pull-down latch unit for pulling-down the data I/O line when the semiconductor memory device is in the inactive state; and a selection unit for selectively driving one of the pull-up latch unit and the pull-down latch unit.
Abstract:
An internal voltage generator stably supplies an internal voltage in a semiconductor device. The internal voltage generator includes: a first internal voltage generating means for supplying a first internal voltage which has a level corresponding to a first reference voltage using an external voltage; a second internal voltage generating means for supplying a second internal voltage which has a level corresponding to a second reference voltage using the external voltage; and a third internal voltage generating means for supplying a third internal voltage which has a level corresponding to a third reference voltage generated based on the first internal voltage, using the second internal voltage as a power source.
Abstract:
An active driver includes an internal voltage supply node, an internal voltage generator, and a test internal voltage driving circuit. The internal voltage generator generates an internal voltage having a first potential level in a normal operation to provide the internal voltage to the internal voltage supply node. The test internal voltage driving circuit drives an external voltage having a second potential level higher than the first potential level to the internal voltage supply node in a test operation.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device having a driver configured to sequentially perform over-driving and normal driving operations is presented. The semiconductor memory device includes a driver that outputs a drive signal, that over-drives the drive signal with an over-drive voltage having a voltage level higher than a normal drive voltage, and then subsequently normally drives the drive signal with the normal drive voltage. The semiconductor memory device also includes a drive voltage adjuster that detects a level of the over-drive voltage and compensates for a change in the voltage level of the normal drive voltage in response to the detected level of the over-drive voltage.
Abstract:
A core voltage discharger is capable of adjusting an amount of a current discharged according to temperature. The discharger for decreasing a level of a predetermined voltage receives temperature information from an on die thermal sensor and discharges a different amount of current in response to the temperature information.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes: a first reference voltage generator for generating a first reference voltage; a first band gap circuit for dividing a voltage at a second reference voltage output node to produce a first and a second band gap voltages having a property relative to temperature variations; a first comparator for receiving the first reference voltage as a bias input and comparing the first band gap voltage with the second band gap voltage; and a first driver for pull-up driving the second reference voltage output node in response to an output signal of the first comparator.