Abstract:
An integrated circuit comprising an output driver including an output terminal, and a receiving circuit including a termination resistor connected between the output terminal and a ground. The output driver comprising a first NMOS transistor configured to pull up a voltage of the output terminal to a pull-up voltage in response to a pull-up signal, and a second NMOS transistor configured to pull down the output terminal to a ground voltage in response to a pull-down signal.
Abstract:
A small signal receiver includes a first current adjustment circuit connected between a first power supply voltage terminal and a first node to provide current in response to a self-bias signal, a self-biased differential amplifier connected between the first node and a second node to compare an input signal with a reference voltage, provide the self-bias signal to a self-biasing node and output an output signal through an output node, and a second current adjustment circuit connected between the second node and a second power supply voltage terminal to sink current at the second node in response to the self-bias signal. The self-biased differential amplifier includes a swing stabilizing block connected between an input node to which the input signal is applied and the self-biasing node to stabilize the input signal compared with the reference voltage.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device has a clock input buffer that is turned ‘on’ or ‘off’ in response to a first control signal. The clock input buffer is configured to buffer an external clock signal in order to output a buffered clock signal. The memory device further includes an internal clock generator that is configured to generate an internal clock signal in response to the buffered clock signal. The generation of the internal clock signal is started in response to a second control signal.
Abstract:
A small signal receiver includes a first current adjustment circuit connected between a first power supply voltage terminal and a first node to provide current in response to a self-bias signal, a self-biased differential amplifier connected between the first node and a second node to compare an input signal with a reference voltage, provide the self-bias signal to a self-biasing node and output an output signal through an output node, and a second current adjustment circuit connected between the second node and a second power supply voltage terminal to sink current at the second node in response to the self-bias signal. The self-biased differential amplifier includes a swing stabilizing block connected between an input node to which the input signal is applied and the self-biasing node to stabilize the input signal compared with the reference voltage.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device has a clock input buffer that is turned ‘on’ or ‘off’ in response to a first control signal. The clock input buffer is configured to buffer an external clock signal in order to output a buffered clock signal. The memory device further includes an internal clock generator that is configured to generate an internal clock signal in response to the buffered clock signal. The generation of the internal clock signal is started in response to a second control signal.