Abstract:
A write driver is configured to determine a magnitude and an application time of a pre-emphasis current pulse in response to control codes generated according to parasitic components on a path from a write driver to a program target cell and a resistance value of the program target cell, and supply a preset program current to a memory circuit block by adding a pre-emphasis current to the preset program current in a program mode.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a column address decoding unit configured to decode a column address and generate a column select signal; a row address decoding unit configured to decode a row address and generate a word line select signal; a driving driver unit configured to provide different voltages to a plurality of resistive memory elements in response to the column select signal; a sink current control unit configured to generate a plurality of sink voltages with different voltage levels in response to the word line select signal; and a plurality of current sink units configured to flow current from the plurality of respective resistive memory elements to a ground terminal in response to the plurality of sink voltages.
Abstract:
A temperature sensor includes a first trimming resistor having a first resistance value that is trimmed based on a first trimming code and configured to adjust a gate voltage, a MOS transistor turned on based on the gate voltage and configured to drive a variable voltage having a voltage level set for each sensing temperature, and a second trimming resistor connected to the MOS transistor, the second trimming resistor having a second resistance value that is trimmed based on a second trimming code.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a column address decoding unit configured to decode a column address and generate a column select signal; a row address decoding unit configured to decode a row address and generate a word line select signal; a driving driver unit configured to provide different voltages to a plurality of resistive memory elements in response to the column select signal; a sink current control unit configured to generate a plurality of sink voltages with different voltage levels in response to the word line select signal; and a plurality of current sink units configured to flow current from the plurality of respective resistive memory elements to a ground terminal in response to the plurality of sink voltages.
Abstract:
An electronic device includes a monitoring signal generation circuit configured to receive an internal voltage to generate a monitoring signal, based on a voltage selection signal in a test mode, and an internal voltage drive circuit configured to receive the internal voltage and monitoring signal from the monitoring signal generation circuit and drive the internal voltage to compensate for the monitoring signal when the monitoring signal is distorted according to a leakage current in the test mode.
Abstract:
A voltage generation circuit is provided. The voltage generation circuit may include an enable signal generator, a voltage controller, and a voltage driver. The enable signal generator may generate an enable signal based on a test signal and an active signal. During activation of the enable signal, the voltage controller may compare a reference voltage with a feedback voltage, amplify the result of comparison, and generate a drive voltage. The voltage driver may output an internal voltage by driving the drive voltage, and generate the feedback voltage corresponding to the internal voltage. The feedback voltage may be pulled down during activation of the enable signal.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes an internal voltage control circuit including an amplifier circuit and a plurality of drivers. The internal voltage control circuit is configured to drive an internal voltage through the sharing of the amplifier circuit and a driver that is activated, among the plurality of drivers, after the start of a standby operation and an active operation. The semiconductor device also includes a core circuit including a plurality of banks. The core circuit is configured to perform an operation of a bank that is activated, among the plurality of banks, by receiving the internal voltage.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a column address decoding unit configured to decode a column address and generate a column select signal; a row address decoding unit configured to decode a row address and generate a word line select signal; a driving driver unit configured to provide different voltages to a plurality of resistive memory elements in response to the column select signal; a sink current control unit configured to generate a plurality of sink voltages with different voltage levels in response to the word line select signal; and a plurality of current sink units configured to flow current from the plurality of respective resistive memory elements to a ground terminal in response to the plurality of sink voltages.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a column address decoding unit configured to decode a column address and generate a column select signal; a row address decoding unit configured to decode a row address and generate a word line select signal; a driving driver unit configured to provide different voltages to a plurality of resistive memory elements in response to the column select signal; a sink current control unit configured to generate a plurality of sink voltages with different voltage levels in response to the word line select signal; and a plurality of current sink units configured to flow current from the plurality of respective resistive memory elements to a ground terminal in response to the plurality of sink voltages.
Abstract:
A world line driver circuit according to an embodiment includes a driving unit configured to output a sub word line driving signal in response to a word line select signal and a main word line driving signal, a transmission unit configured to transmit the sub word line driving signal to a word line in response to a first enable signal, and a precharge unit configured to precharge a potential of the word line.