Column decoders
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorTae Kyun SHIN
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Abstract
Column decoders are provided. The column decoder includes a power supplier and a column selection signal generator. The power supplier generates a supply voltage signal from a power voltage in response to a control signal enabled from a start point of time of a write mode or a read mode till an end point of time of a burst length. A level of the supply voltage signal is controlled according to the control signal. The column selection signal generator operates while the supply voltage signal is supplied. The column selection signal generator generates one of column selection signals, which is selectively enabled according to a logic combination of a high-order address signal, a mid-order address signal and a low-order address signal which are generated by decoding column address signals.
Claims19
A column decoder comprising:
- a control signal generator configured to generate a control signal enabled from a start point of time of a write mode or a read mode till an end point of time of a burst length;
- a power supplier configured to generate a supply voltage signal from a power voltage in response to the control signal, a level of the supply voltage signal being controlled according to the control signal;
- and
- a column selection signal generator configured to operate while the supply voltage signal is supplied thereto,
- wherein the column selection signal generator generates one of column selection signals, which is selectively enabled according to a logic combination of a high-order address signal, a mid-order address signal and a low-order address signal which are generated by decoding column address signals.
A column decoder comprising:
- a power supplier configured to generate a supply voltage signal from a power voltage in response to a control signal enabled from a start point of time of a write mode or a read mode till an end point of time of a burst length, a level of the supply voltage signal being controlled according to the control signal;
- and
- a column selection signal generator configured to operate while the supply voltage signal is supplied thereto,
- wherein the column selection signal generator generates one of column selection signals, which is selectively enabled according to a logic combination of a high-order address signal, a mid-order address signal and a low-order address signal which are generated by decoding column address signals.
A column decoder comprising:
- a control signal generator configured to generate a control signal for a period starting from receiving a write pulse or read pulse signal and ending with a burst length signal;
- a power supplier configured to generate a supply voltage signal from a power voltage in response to the control signal, a level of the supply voltage signal being controlled according to the control signal;
- and
- a column selection signal generator configured to operate while the supply voltage signal is supplied thereto,
- wherein the column selection signal generator generates column selection signals in response to address signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.