摘要:
A receiver circuit is capable of improving its operating characteristics. The receiver circuit includes a variable converter configured to output off-set control voltages in a first output range in a first operation mode and output the off-set control voltages in a second output range in a second operation mode according to a test mode activation signal, and a sense amplifier configured to sense input data based on a sensitivity, wherein the sensitivity is controlled by the off-set control voltages.
摘要:
A data receiver of a semiconductor integrated circuit is configured to detect received data using an equalization function, wherein the data receiver is configured to stop the equalization function during a period in which the data is not received.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit equipped with an equalizer which has a circuit structure simpler than that of a related equalizer according to an FFE scheme or a DFE scheme and is capable of preventing a noise component from being amplified. The data receiver includes a plurality of receiver units, wherein each receiver unit includes a plurality of level detectors which detect different levels, and an encoder, in which the level detectors receive data according to a clock signal having a predetermined phase difference and perform an amplification operation including an equalization function based on feedback data, thereby outputting an amplification signal, and wherein level detectors of one receiver unit receive an amplification signal, as the feedback data, from level detectors of another receiver unit that receives a first clock signal having a phase more advanced than a phase of a second clock signal received in one receiver unit.
摘要:
A data output circuit for a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a driver control signal generating unit that has a plurality of control signal generating units, each of which generates a driver unit control signal in response to a test signal during a test, and generates the driver unit control signal according to whether or not a fuse is cut after the test is completed, a first driver that has a plurality of driver units, each of which is activated in response to the driver unit control signal to drive a first data signal as an input signal and to output the driven first data signal to an output node, a signal combining unit that generates a first driver control signal in response to the driver unit control signal and an enable signal, and a second driver that has a plurality of driver units, each of which is activated in response to the first driver control signal to drive a second data signal as an input signal and to output the driven second data signal to the output node, and the number of driver units being two or more times as much as the number of driver units in the first driver. A voltage level on the output node is the voltage level of an output signal.
摘要:
A clock generating circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a phase splitter that delays a clock to generate a delayed clock and inverts the clock to generate an inverted clock, and a clock buffer that buffers the delayed clock and the inverted clock and outputs a rising clock and a falling clock.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor circuit substrate having a chip pad forming region. A pair of data lines are formed on the semiconductor circuit substrate at one side of the chip pad region. The pair of data lines extend along a direction that the chip pad region of the semiconductor circuit substrate extends. The pair of data lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other and receive a pair of differential data signals. A power supply line is formed on the semiconductor circuit substrate at the other side of the chip pad region. The power supply line extends along the direction that the chip pad region of the semiconductor circuit substrate extends, and the power supply line receives power.
摘要:
A duty cycle correction apparatus includes a fixed delay unit configured to set a fixed delay time to a DLL clock signal and generate a delay rising clock signal; a variable delay unit configured to delay the DLL clock signal in response to a control signal and generate a delay falling clock signal; a duty cycle correction unit configured to generate a correction rising clock signal and a correction falling clock signal that are toggled in conformity with edge timing of the delay rising clock signal and the delay falling clock signal; and a delay control unit configured to detect duty cycles of the correction rising clock signal and the correction falling clock signal and generate the control signal.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a PLL (Phase Locked Loop (PLL) circuit configured to generate a control voltage in response to a frequency of a reference clock signal, and to generate a PLL clock signal having a frequency that corresponds to a level of the control voltage, and a voltage controlled oscillator configured to oscillate an output clock signal in response to the PLL clock signal, and to allow the PLL clock signal to have a frequency that corresponds to a level of the control voltage.
摘要:
A duty cycle correction circuit includes a signal generating unit including a first signal generating unit coupled to a power supply voltage terminal and configured to output a complementary output signal of an output signal in response to a clock signal, and a second signal generating unit coupled to the power supply voltage terminal and configured to output the output signal in response to a complementary clock signal of the clock signal; a variable resistor unit coupled between the first and second signal generating units configured to vary an amount of current flowing into the signal generating unit according to a duty correction control signal, the duty correction control signal having a voltage level determined based on a voltage level of the output signal; and a current source coupled between the variable resistor unit and a ground voltage terminal configured to supply current to the signal generating unit.
摘要:
A data receiver of a semiconductor integrated circuit includes an amplifier that outputs an amplified signal by detecting and amplifying received data using equalization function according to feedback data, a detecting unit that detects a period when data is not received in the amplifier and outputs a detecting signal, and an equalization function control unit that stops the equalization function of the amplifier in response to the detecting signal.