Semiconductor apparatus
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorsJe Il Ryu, Junw Seop Jung
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Abstract
Various embodiments of a semiconductor apparatus are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor apparatus may include an internal voltage generation unit configured to generate an internal voltage having a voltage level corresponding to a code value of a voltage control code, a voltage comparison unit configured to compare a voltage level of a target voltage with a voltage level of the internal voltage, and a voltage control code generation unit configured to adjust the code value of the voltage control code based on the comparison result of the voltage comparison unit.
Claims24
A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
- an internal voltage generation unit configured to generate an internal voltage having a voltage level corresponding to a code value of a voltage control code;
- a voltage comparison unit configured to compare a voltage level of a target voltage with a voltage level of the internal voltage;
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- a voltage control code generation unit configured to adjust the code value of the voltage control code based on the comparison result of the voltage comparison unit.
A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of internal voltage generation units configured to generate a plurality of internal voltages having voltage levels corresponding to code values of a plurality of voltage control codes, respectively;
- a voltage selection unit configured to select one internal voltage among the plurality of internal voltages based on a plurality of voltage selection signals and output the selected internal voltage as an output voltage;
- a first voltage division unit configured to divide the output voltage and output a first division voltage having a voltage level corresponding to a code value of a first control code;
- a second voltage division unit configured to divide a target voltage and output a second division voltage having a voltage level corresponding to a code value of a second control code;
- a voltage comparison unit configured to compare a voltage level of the first division voltage with a voltage level of the second division voltage;
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- a control unit configured to adjust the code value of the voltage control code selected among the plurality of voltage control codes based on the comparison result of the voltage comparison unit, and set the code values of the first and second control codes.
A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
- a charge pumping unit configured to generate an internal voltage by performing a charge pumping based on a result of comparison between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage, and drive the generated internal voltage to an internal voltage terminal;
- a voltage division unit configured to divide a voltage of the internal voltage terminal and output the feedback voltage having a voltage level corresponding to a code value of a voltage control code;
- a voltage comparison unit configured to compare a voltage level of a target voltage with a voltage level of the internal voltage;
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- a voltage control code generation unit configured to adjust the code value of the voltage control code based on the comparison result of the voltage comparison unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.