Abstract:
A multi-port memory device includes a plurality of ports located at a center region of the multi-port memory device, each for performing a data communication with a corresponding external device; a plurality of banks arranged at upper and lower regions of the multi-port memory device in a row direction on the basis of the plurality of ports; and first and second global I/O data buses arranged in the row direction between the banks and the ports, each for independently performing a data transmission between the banks and the ports.
Abstract:
An internal voltage supplying device includes a level sensing means for sensing a level of a high voltage with respect to a core voltage, an oscillation signal generating means for generating an oscillation signal controlled by the level sensing means, and a pumping means for pumping charges during an activation interval of the oscillation signal to generate the high voltage having a level higher than a level of the core voltage, by a level of a threshold voltage or higher.
Abstract:
An internal voltage generator for use in a semiconductor memory device, includes: an internal voltage generation unit for generating an internal voltage by performing a charge pumping operation to a power supply voltage based on a result of comparing the internal voltage with a reference voltage; and an initial internal voltage generation unit for supplying the power supply voltage as the internal voltage based on a result of comparing the internal voltage with the power supply voltage when an operating voltage supplied to the semiconductor memory device is lower than a predetermined voltage level.
Abstract:
An internal voltage generating circuit in a semiconductor memory device includes a comparing unit for comparing a voltage level of an internal voltage with that of a reference voltage, a pull-up driving unit for performing a pull-up operation for an output terminal in response to an output signal of the comparing unit, and a discharging unit for discharging the output terminal in a period of which the voltage level of the internal voltage is higher than a predetermined target voltage level.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device for performing a reliability test includes a write driving block for generating a predetermined test voltage in a test mode and delivering a data inputted from an external circuit into the local I/O line pair during a data access operation in a normal mode, a local I/O line pair coupled to the write driving block for receiving the predetermined test voltage in the test mode, and a cell array having a plurality of unit cells and a plurality of bit line pairs respectively having first and second bit lines and coupled to at least one unit cell for receiving the predetermined test voltage from each local I/O line pair to thereby check a result of the reliability test in the test mode.
Abstract:
A power-up circuit includes a power supply voltage level follower unit for outputting a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage which increase or decrease in proportion to a power supply voltage; a first power supply voltage detecting unit for detecting a first critical voltage level where a logic level of a power-up signal is changed in response to the first bias voltage when the power supply voltage decreases; a second power supply voltage detecting unit for detecting a second critical voltage level where a logic level of the power-up signal is changed in response to the second bias voltage when the power supply voltage increases; and a trigger unit for inverting an output signal of the trigger unit in response to one of a first detect signal outputted from the first power supply voltage detecting unit when the power supply voltage decreases and a second detect signal outputted from the second power supply voltage detecting unit when the power supply voltage increases, wherein the second critical voltage level is higher than the first critical voltage level.
Abstract:
A test mode flag signal generator for use in a semiconductor memory device includes a test mode decoder for generating M numbers of test mode flag signals; and an auxiliary test mode flag signal generating means for generating M×2N numbers of test mode flag signals by using N numbers of external signals and the M numbers of test mode flag signals.
Abstract:
A power-up circuit includes a power supply voltage level follower unit for outputting a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage which increase or decrease in proportion to a power supply voltage; a first power supply voltage detecting unit for detecting that the power supply voltage becomes a first critical voltage level of the power supply voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of an NMOS transistor in response to the first bias voltage; a second power supply voltage detecting unit for detecting that the power supply voltage becomes a second critical voltage level of the power supply voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of a PMOS transistor in response to the second bias voltage; and a summation unit for performing a logic operation to a first detect signal outputted from the first power supply voltage detecting unit and a second detect signal outputted from the second power supply voltage detecting unit to thereby output a confirmation signal, wherein the confirmation signal is activated when the power supply voltage satisfies both of the first and second critical voltage levels.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit chip includes an internal circuit configured to generate output data, an inversion determination unit configured to activate/deactivate an inversion signal according to state information regarding a state of the integrate circuit chip, and a signal output circuit configured to invert or not to invert the output data in response to the inversion signal and output the inverted or non-inverted output data.
Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a fuse; a first driving unit configured to drive a sensing node in response to a first fuse sensing signal; a second driving unit configured to drive the sensing node in response to a second fuse sensing signal, wherein the second driving unit and the fuse form a driving path; a bypass resistor unit connected in parallel with the fuse; and a sensing unit configured to sense a programming state of the fuse in response to a voltage of the sensing node.