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US 12,712,550 B2Granted
Semiconductor device and counting method
AssigneeKioxia Corporation
InventorsYasuhiro Hirashima, Toshiyuki Kouchi, Junya Matsuno, Masato Dome
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Abstract
A semiconductor device including an oscillator configured to output a first signal, and circuitry configured to count a cycle number of the first signal OSC. Before the oscillator outputs an N-th (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) cycle of the first signal, the circuitry changes a count value of the cycle number of the first signal to N.
Claims20
A semiconductor device comprising:
- an oscillator configured to output a first signal;
- and
- circuitry configured to count a cycle number of the first signal by changing a count value of the cycle number of the first signal to N before the oscillator outputs an N-th (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) cycle of the first signal,
- wherein the circuitry is a counter and includes a plurality of flip-flops connected in multiple stages.
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A counting method using an oscillator configured to output a first signal and circuitry configured to count a cycle number of the first signal, the method comprising:
- starting output of the first signal;
- and
- changing a count value of the cycle number of the first signal to N before an N-th (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) cycle of the first signal is output,
- wherein the circuitry is a counter and includes a plurality of flip-flops connected in multiple stages.
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A semiconductor device comprising:
- an oscillator configured to output a first signal;
- and
- means for counting a cycle number of the first signal by changing a count value of the cycle number of the first signal to N before the oscillator outputs an N-th (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) cycle of the first signal.
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