Clock signal generation apparatus for use in semiconductor memory device and its method
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorTae-Jin Kang
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Abstract
A clock signal generation apparatus for generating a reference clock signal for outputting data in synchronization with an external clock signal from a semiconductor memory device, including: a clock signal generation unit for receiving an internal clock signal to generate the reference clock signal according to a control signal; and a control unit for generating the control signal based on a read command, a write command and an external address.
Claims25
A clock signal generation apparatus for generating a reference clock signal for outputting data in synchronization with an external clock signal from a semiconductor memory device, comprising:
- a clock signal generation unit for receiving an internal clock signal to generate the reference clock signal according to a control signal;
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- a control unit for generating the control signal based on a read command, a write command and an external address.
A method for generating a reference clock signal for outputting data in synchronization with an external clock signal from a semiconductor memory device, comprising the steps of:
- generating a control signal based on a read command, a write command and an external address;
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- generating the reference clock signal based on an internal clock signal in response to the control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.