Semiconductor integrated circuit for generating clock signals
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorKi-Tae Kim
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Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a write-read clock control signal generating unit that activates a read clock control signal and a write clock control signal in response to one of a write operational mode and a read operational mode after maintaining the read clock control signal and the write clock control signal at a deactivation state in response to one of an idle mode and a refresh operational mode, and a clock buffer that generates a read clock signal and a write clock signal in response to a clock signal, the read clock control signal, and the write clock control signal.
Claims10
A semiconductor integrated circuit, comprising:
- a write-read clock control signal generating unit that generates a read clock control signal and a write clock control signal deactivated in an active operational mode after an idle mode and a refresh operational mode;
- a clock buffer that generates a read clock signal and a write clock signal by dividing a path of a clock signal in response to the read clock control signal and the write clock control signal;
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- a latency control unit that generates a read latency signal and a write latency signal in response to the read clock control signal and the write clock control signal.
The semiconductor integrated circuit of claim of 1, wherein the latch unit deactivates the read clock control signal and the write clock control signal if the activated reset signal is received, after maintaining the read clock control signal and the write clock control signal at an activation state if the activated command control signal is received.
The semiconductor integrated circuit of claim of 4, wherein the latch unit includes a plurality of NAND gates provided in a flip-flop configuration.
The semiconductor integrated circuit of claim of 1, wherein the write-read clock control signal generating unit activates the write clock control signal in a test mode.
The semiconductor integrated circuit of claim of 1, wherein the latency control unit includes:
- a write latency control unit that generates the write latency signal for controlling activation timing of a column-based signal in response to the write clock signal, an internal write command signal, and a write latency signal, while in a write operational mode;
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- a read latency control unit that generates the read latency signal for controlling activation timing of the column-based signal in response to the read clock signal, an internal read command signal, and a read latency signal, while in a read operational mode.
The semiconductor integrated circuit of claim of 9, wherein the write latency signal includes a CAS latency signal and an adaptive latency signal, wherein the read latency signal includes the adaptive latency signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.