Digital measurement circuit and memory system using the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKwan Yeob CHAE, Jong-Ryun CHOI
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Abstract
A digital measurement circuit includes a first input flip-flop which receives a first signal through a data input terminal, receives a first clock signal through a clock input terminal, and outputs a second signal; a second input flip-flop which receives the second signal through a data input terminal, receives a second clock signal, which is an inverted signal of the first clock signal, through a clock input terminal, and outputs a third signal; and a delay line which receives the second signal and outputs first through n-th output signals, wherein n is an integer greater than one, and the first through n-th output signals are sampled based on the third signal to output first through n-th sampling signals is provided.
Claims20
A digital measurement circuit comprising:
- a first input flip-flop configured to receive a first signal through a data input terminal, receive a first clock signal through a clock input terminal, and output a second signal;
- a second input flip-flop configured to receive the second signal through a data input terminal, receive a second clock signal through a clock input terminal, the second clock signal being an inverted signal of the first clock signal, and output a third signal;
- a delay line configured to receive the second signal, and output first through n-th output signals, wherein n is an integer greater than one;
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- first through n-th sampling flip-flops configured to receive the first through n-th output signals based on the third signal, and output first through n-th sampling signals.
A digital measurement circuit comprising:
- a first input flip-flop configured to receive a first signal and a first clock signal, and output a second signal;
- a second input flip-flop configured to receive the second signal and a second clock signal, and output a third signal, the second clock signal being an inverted signal of the first clock signal;
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- a delay line configured to receive and delay the second signal, and output the delayed second signal as first through n-th output signals,
- wherein the second signal is enabled at a rising time of the first clock signal, and the third signal is enabled at a falling time of the first clock signal.
A memory system comprising:
- a clock generator configured to provide an internal clock signal;
- a memory cell array configured to store data;
- an input/output driver configured to receive the internal clock signal from the clock provider, and input or output the data stored in the memory cell array based on the internal clock signal;
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- the clock generator comprises,
- a duty measuring circuit configured to generate a first signal at a rising time of the internal clock signal,
- delay the first signal by ΔT through n*(ΔT),
- output each the delayed first signals which are delayed by ΔT through n*(ΔT) respectively, and
- measure a high pulse width of the internal clock signal using the delayed first signals.
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