摘要:
In a control voltage generating section for supplying a control voltage to a gate of a charge transfer gate for transferring charges received from a capacitor to an output node to generate an internal voltage, the amplitude of the control voltage is switched in accordance with a switch signal. An internal voltage generating circuit making it possible to improve design efficiency, reliability and yield and reduce power consumption is provided.
摘要:
Data are read out from sub-arrays within a memory cell array in batches. A data bus driving circuit compares the read data, and, according to the comparison result, drives the potentials of data buses with small amplitudes. A data retaining circuit retains fail information indicating the presence of a fail bit, according to the data on the data buses. The data retaining circuit responds to an externally supplied designation, and provides a pass/fail information output circuit with the fail information with large amplitude. The fail information is further output to the outside.
摘要:
N-channel MOS transistors in a read gate circuit have respective sources connected to a sense amplifier activation line of a sense amplifier, not to a ground node. A read column selection line is selected prior to activation of the sense amplifier. Accordingly, paired read data lines are driven simultaneously with the activation of the sense amplifier.
摘要:
Oscillation outputs which are different for respective detector signals output from a first detector circuit and a second detector circuit, are obtained from a first ring oscillator and a second ring oscillator respectively corresponding to the detector circuits. A selector selects and outputs one of the oscillation outputs. Accordingly, it is sufficient to provide only one pump circuit in a circuit producing a substrate bias voltage.
摘要:
This DRAM includes a driver circuit which is provided to be common to a plurality of columns and which lowers level of one of selected first and second bit lines to “L” level in accordance with potentials of first and second write data lines. Therefore, as compared with a conventional DRAM in which a driver circuit is provided for each column, the number of transistors is decreased and a layout area is reduced.
摘要:
A DRAM is provided at a portion relating to generation of a boosted potential with a filter circuit located between a detector circuit and a ring oscillator for removing a pulse-like change in level from an output signal of the detector circuit. Accordingly, temporary stop of the charge pump circuit can be prevented even when the boosted potential exceeds in a pulse-like manner the reference potential at the vicinity of the output node of the charge pump circuit, and the boosted potential can be rapidly restored to the reference potential.
摘要:
In an eDRAM, there are provided a VDC that down-converts an external power supply potential to generate an internal power supply potential for a sense amplifier band, and a VDC that down-converts the external power supply potential to generate an internal power supply potential for a column decoder. The response of the VDC is improved by increasing the through current of the VDC only during the period of time corresponding to an amplify operation of the sense amplifier. Therefore, current consumption is smaller than the conventional case where the through current of the VDC is set at a high constant level.
摘要:
In a buffer circuit, a first current restricting element is connected in series with an N channel MOS transistor between an output node of a first inverter in a first stage and a line of a ground potential, and a second current restricting element is connected in series with a P channel MOS transistor between an output node of a second inverter in the first stage and a line of a power supply potential. A through current flowing in each of the first and second inverters of the first stage can be suppressed even when an input signal stays near an intermediate level.
摘要:
Following latching of a word line select signal by a latch circuit, a transfer gate is turned off. When a word line is selected, the voltage applied to the latch circuit is shifted to a desired level to apply a desired voltage to the word line from a word line driver. As a result, a predecode signal is applied to a small size buffering circuit to be transmitted to the word line driver at a potential level between Vcc-GND. Therefore, the parasitic capacitance accompanying a predecode signal is reduced.