摘要:
A memory device having a duty ratio corrector which can reduce power consumption by blocking current paths between output terminals and a ground terminal by applying input signals for turning off switching devices for generating an auxiliary voltage for correcting a duty ratio at an initial stage, and which can improve an operational speed by changing the auxiliary voltage from a predetermined voltage, not 0V, to a target voltage.
摘要:
Showerheads for use in an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate include an injection plate defining a bottom face of a gas receiving space in the showerhead and a gas receiving channel extending within the injection plate. A plurality of exhausting holes in the injection plate are coupled to the gas receiving channel. The exhausting holes are configured to exhaust gas from the gas receiving channel to the bottom face of the gas receiving space. A plurality of channels extend through the injection plate from the bottom face of the gas receiving space configured to flow gas from the bottom face of the gas receiving space out of the space.
摘要:
A data output control circuit for use in a synchronous semiconductor memory device, which has a plurality of CAS latency modes, includes a signal generating unit for generating an internal signal corresponding to an input command; a CAS latency mode control unit for outputting the internal signal as a controlled internal signal; a signal shifting unit for generating a plurality of shifted signals by synchronizing the controlled internal signal with a DLL clock signal; and a data output enable signal generating unit for outputting one of the plurality of shifted signals as a data output enable signal depending on a plurality of control signals, wherein each of the plurality of control signals corresponds to two or more continuous CAS latency modes.
摘要:
Showerheads including a plate having a plurality of gas outlet holes extending therethrough and a head cover coupled to the plate to form a space between the plate and the head cover. A gas supply inlet member is configured to provide gas to the space directed toward the head cover. A gas distribution member on an inner face of the head cover facing the space is configured to partially suppress flow of the gas provided to the space in a direction along the gas distribution member to substantially uniformly distribute the gas in the space. The direction along the gas distribution member may be a horizontal direction and the gas provided to the space is directed in a substantially vertical upward direction. Apparatus and methods using the showerheads are also provided.
摘要:
A synchronization method in Viterbi decoder is disclosed. The synchronization method performs a fast and an effective synchronization by depuncturing and Viterbi-decoding transmitted convolutional codes punctured in a predetermined puncturing pattern assuming that a code rate is 5/6, comparing the calculated CBER to a high/low threshold value, determining a code rate group to which the code rate of the convolutional codes belong, and performing a code rate detecting process, a phase synchronization and a pattern synchronization. Therefore, when performing the Viterbi decoding, a fast and more effective synchronization can be performed with improved efficiency.
摘要:
A trace-back apparatus to select a most likely path for use in a Viterbi decoder comprises one or more processing elements to carry out tracing-back based on a sequence of decision vectors coupled among themselves in a pipeline fashion. In each processing element, N number of decision vectors are delayed during a predetermined period to generate 1-step to N-step delayed decision vectors; and an input state is stored during the predetermined period to generate an 1-step delayed state; and multiplexing means multiplexs sequentially the 1-step to N-step delayed decision vectors based on the 1-step delayed state to provide an N-step trace-back state to the next processing element.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a circuit for generating a data strobe signal in a DDR memory device and a method therefor which can precisely distinguish preamble and postamble periods of the data strobe signal by generating pulses for generating the data strobe signal only in a data strobe signal input period by using an internal clock signal according to CAS latency under a read command, and generating the data strobe signal by using the pulses, and which can improve reliability of the circuit operation by precisely controlling operation timing with the internal clock signal.
摘要:
A data output control circuit for use in a synchronous semiconductor memory device, which has a plurality of CAS latency modes, includes a signal generating unit for generating an internal signal corresponding to an input command; a CAS latency mode control unit for outputting the internal signal as a controlled internal signal; a signal shifting unit for generating a plurality of shifted signals by synchronizing the controlled internal signal with a DLL clock signal; and a data output enable signal generating unit for outputting one of the plurality of shifted signals as a data output enable signal depending on a plurality of control signals, wherein each of the plurality of control signals corresponds to two or more continuous CAS latency modes.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a duty correction circuit for and method of enabling a clock signal and a clock bar signal phase transited from the clock signal by a phase difference of 180° to obtain a duty of 50%. The duty correction circuit includes: a duty check block for determining the duty of a clock signal, and generating a control signal indicating a determination result; and a duty correction block for receiving the clock signal or a clock bar signal, having a phase difference of 180° from the clock signal, correcting the duty of one of the clock signal or the clock bar signal according to the control signal from the duty check block, and outputting the duty-corrected signal. The method includes several steps, which reflect the procedure for correction of the duty.
摘要:
An add/compare/select (ACS) processor in a Viterbi decoder is disclosed. The ACS processor comprises a plurality of processing elements for receiving two path metrics and two branch metrics, comparing each added values, and outputting two decision bits and two state metrics according to the compared result; a grouping unit for grouping N number of processing elements for corresponding N number of states into K number of units using the same state metrics and the same branch metrics; a multiplexer for multiplexing L (L=2K) number of path metrics provided from the grouping unit into two path metrics according to a predetermined clock signal, and outputting them to a corresponding processing element; a first demultiplexer for receiving two decision bits outputted from the corresponding processing element, and demultiplexing them into L number of decision bits according to the clock signal; and a second demultiplexer for receiving two state metrics outputted from the corresponding processing element, and demultiplexing them into L number of state metrics according to the clock signal. Hence, the size of the hardware for ACS processor significantly decreases by having the above structure.