摘要:
An internal voltage generator when activated, generates an internal voltage to be supplied to an internal circuit. Operating the internal voltage generator consumes a predetermined amount of the power. In response to a control signal from the exterior, an entry circuit inactivates the internal voltage generator. When the internal voltage generator is inactivated, the internal voltage is not generated, thereby reducing the power consumption. By the control signal from the exterior, therefore, a chip can easily enter a low power consumption mode. The internal voltage generator is exemplified by a booster for generating the boost voltage of a word line connected with memory cells, a substrate voltage generator for generating a substrate voltage, or a precharging voltage generator for generating the precharging voltage of bit lines to be connected with the memory cells.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device includes isolation circuits disconnecting cell arrays from sense amplifiers, and isolation signal generating circuits generating isolation signals that control the isolation circuits. The isolation signal generating circuits are hierarchically divided into main isolation signal generating circuits and sub isolation signal generating circuits. The sub isolation signal generating circuits generate sub isolation signals having a first potential on a high-potential side. The main isolation signal generating circuits generate main isolation signals having a second potential on the high-potential side, the second potential being lower than the first potential.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device having a self-refresh function includes a detection circuit detecting a change of an output enable signal and generating a state transition detection signal, and a decision circuit comparing the state transition detection signal and a refresh request signal internally generated and generating a signal that indicates a corresponding circuit operation.
摘要:
The present invention is a memory circuit for writing prescribed numbers of bits of write data, determined according to the burst length, in response to write command, comprising: a first stage for inputting, and then holding, row addresses and column addresses simultaneously with the write command; a second stage having a memory core connected to the first stage via a pipeline switch, wherein the row addresses and column addresses are decoded, and word line and sense amps are activated; a third stage for inputting the write data serially and sending the write data to the memory core in parallel; and a serial data detection circuit for generating write-pipeline control signal for making the pipeline switch conduct, after the prescribed number of bits of write data has been inputted. According to the present invention, in an FCRAM exhibiting a pipeline structure, the memory core in the second stage can be activated after safely fetching the write data in the burst length. When writing successively or reading successively, moreover, the command cycle can made short irrespective of the burst length.
摘要:
A memory circuit including a memory cell array. The memory cell array has a first word line group connected to a pair of memory cells associated with a first bit line pair including first and third bit lines, and a second word line group, connected to a pair of memory cells associated with a second bit line pair including second and fourth bit lines. First and second sense amplifier groups are positioned one on each side of the memory array, and are connected to the first and second bit line pair, respectively. When any word line of the first word line group is driven, the first sense amplifier group is activated to drive the first word line group in reverse phase, and the second sense amplifier group is kept in the inactive state to keep the second word line group at the precharge level.
摘要:
According to an aspect of the present invention, a memory device having a plurality of banks carries out bank interleaving by use of a plurality of common data buses, the number of which is less than the number of the banks. The present invention enables the data to be read more rapidly while suppressing the increase of the chip area. According to the present invention, there is provided a memory device having a plurality of banks each including a plurality of memory cells, and reading or writing data from or into the memory cells in synchronism with a clock signal, the memory device comprising: a sense amplifier disposed on each of the plurality of banks, for amplifying data read from the memory cells; a plurality of common data buses shared by the plurality of banks, the number of the common data buses being less than the number of the banks; and a switching circuit disposed on each of the plurality of banks, for feeding or receiving data of the each bank to or from the plurality of common data buses; wherein read or write of data of the plurality of banks is made through successive selection of the plurality of common data buses by the switching circuit.
摘要:
Switching transistors 20, 22, 22P, 21, 23 and 23P and a portion of control circuit for transistors 20 and 21 constitutes a bit line reset circuit on memory cell side. In reading `H` from the memory cell connected to a bit line BLC or *BLC, the both bit lines are set at a higher reset potential Vii, while in reading `L`, the both bit lines are reset at a lower reset potential Vss. Transfer gates 10 and 11 are turned off before sufficient amplification of a potential difference between the bit lines BL and *BL. The operation of restoring into a memory cell read destructively from is performed in parallel with the operation of bit line reset.
摘要:
A step-up circuit includes a selection control circuit 50 for activating a start/stop signal STP by detecting an external power-supply voltage Vcc, which is stable at 3.3 V, to reach 2.0 V or more, a ring oscillator circuit 30 for generating and outputting a clock of a high frequency Fs when the start/stop signal STP is inactive, a ring oscillator circuit 10 for generating a clock of a low frequency fo, a selection circuit 40 for selecting the output of the oscillator 30 when the start/stop signal STP is inactive and for selecting the output of the oscillator 10 when the start/stop signal is active, and a charging pump circuit 20 driven by the clocks. High frequency Fs is initially used to quickly bring an output voltage up to a desired operating level and low frequency fo is used, in order to conserve power, to maintain the operating level once a predetermined level of the external power supply voltage Vcc has been reached in order to conserve power.
摘要:
A clock generator including a DLL occupying a small area and a semiconductor device including the clock generator have been disclosed. In the clock generator for generating a plurality of clocks optimally adjusted in phase for a plurality of objects on the basis of a received clock, the DLL is structured hierarchically. A first DLL of a parent level is used in common and second DLLs of child levels are associated with input signals.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit has a de-skew circuit for reducing a skew of an incoming signal from a specific circuit with respect to a synchronous clock signal. The de-skew circuit controls the phase of an outgoing signal to be transmitted from the semiconductor integrated circuit to the specific circuit in response to the skew of the input signal. This arrangement decreases not only a skew of incoming signals from the specific circuit but also a skew of outgoing signals to the specific circuit.