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US 9,436,246 B2Granted
Semiconductor apparatus and retaining voltage levels
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorJong Sam Kim
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Abstract
A semiconductor apparatus includes a reference voltage generation unit configured to generate a reference voltage. The semiconductor apparatus also includes an internal voltage generation unit configured to generate an internal voltage which corresponds to a voltage level of the reference voltage. In addition, the semiconductor apparatus includes a noise generation unit configured to generate noise in the reference voltage according to noise of the internal voltage.
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A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
- a reference voltage generation unit configured to generate a reference voltage;
- an internal voltage generation unit configured to generate an internal voltage which corresponds to a voltage level of the reference voltage;
- and
- a noise generation unit configured to generate noise in the reference voltage according to noise of the internal voltage,
- wherein the noise generation unit is coupled with output terminals of the reference voltage generation unit and the internal voltage generation unit.
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A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
- a reference voltage generation unit configured to be applied with a first external voltage and a first ground voltage, and generate a reference voltage;
- an internal voltage generation unit configured to be applied with a second external voltage and a second ground voltage, and generate an internal voltage which has a voltage level corresponding to the reference voltage;
- an internal circuit configured to operate by being applied with the internal voltage and the second ground voltage;
- and
- a noise generation unit configured to generate noise in the reference voltage according to noise of the internal voltage,
- wherein the noise generation unit is coupled with output terminals of the reference voltage generation unit and the internal voltage generation unit.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a controller configured to receive a request and a data from the controller;
- and
- a memory unit configured to receive the request and the data from the controller,
- wherein the memory unit comprises:
- a reference voltage generation unit configured to generate a reference voltage;
- an internal voltage generation unit configured to generate an internal voltage which corresponds to a voltage level of the reference voltage;
- and
- a noise generation unit configured to generate noise in the reference voltage according to noise of the internal voltage,
- wherein the noise generation unit is coupled with output terminals of the reference voltage generation unit and the internal voltage generation unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.