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US 8,427,883 B2Granted
Setting circuit and integrated circuit including the same
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorsDae-Suk Kim, Chang-Hyun Lee
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Abstract
A setting circuit includes a selection unit configured to select one of a predefined code and an external code in response to a test signal, and a setting information generation unit configured to generate setting information in response to the code selected by the selection unit.
Claims18
A setting circuit comprising:
- a selection unit configured to select one of a predefined code and an external code in response to a test signal;
- and
- a setting information generation unit configured to generate setting information in response to the code selected by the selection unit.
An integrated circuit, comprising:
- an address input circuit configured to receive an address;
- a command input circuit configured to receive a command;
- a command decoding unit configured to decode the address and the command and generate a mode register set (MRS) signal;
- a selection unit configured to select the address or a predefined code in response to a test signal;
- and
- a setting information generation unit configured to generate setting information by using an output signal of the selection unit when the MRS signal is activated.
3 more elements
A setting method comprising:
- selecting one of a predefined code and an external code in response to a test signal;
- and
- generating setting information in response to the selected code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.