Input/output sense amplifier and semiconductor apparatus including the same
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorKyu Nam LIM
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An input/output sense amplifier is configured to amplify data inputted through a pair of local transmission lines in response to a sense amplifier enable signal and a test mode signal, output the data through a global transmission line, generate a control signal by sensing whether the data have been amplified, and halt amplification of the data in response to the control signal when amplification is completed.
Claims33
An input/output sense amplifier configured to amplify data inputted through a pair of local transmission lines in response to a sense amplifier enable signal and a test mode signal, output the data through a global transmission line, generate a control signal by sensing whether the data have been amplified, and halt amplification of the data in response to the control signal when amplification is complete.
A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of input/output sense amplifiers configured to amplify data inputted through pairs of local transmission lines and output the data through global transmission lines,
- wherein each input/output sense amplifier independently generates a control signal by sensing whether the data have been amplified, in response to a sense amplifier enable signal, and halts amplification of the data in response to the control signal when amplification is complete.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.