Skhynix Inc.

Jae Hyeong Hong

Soon Sung An

Keun Seon Ahn

In Seok Kong

Jun Seo Jang

Min Su Kim

Eun Ji Choi

Sung Hwa Ok

Jung Hwan Lee

Kwan Su Shon

Sun Ki Cho

Chan Keun Kwon

Hee Jun Kim

Kyeong Min Chae

Bon Kwang Koo

Jae Hoon Jung

Sung Ah Lee

Dae Ho Yang

Jun Sun Hwang

Dong Wook Jang

Heon Ki Kim

Gwan Woo Kim

Beom Kyu Seo

Su Han Lee

Jung Yeop Lee

Ji Young Lee

A receiver circuit includes an input unit configured to receive a reception pattern signal in a training mode, and a reception normal signal in a normal mode, an enable control unit configured to determine whether to activate an enable signal according to the reception pattern signal in the training mode, a first decision feedback equalizer configured to operate in an activation period of the enable signal, and to remove a first post-cursor component for the reception normal signal by calibrating a currently received value based on a previously received value of the reception normal signal, and a second decision feedback equalizer configured to, when the enable signal is in an activated state, remove second to Npost-cursor components for the reception normal signal by adjusting driving abilities of input transistors, to which the currently received value is applied, according to patterns of the reception normal signal.

Receiver circuit and operation method for the same

A voltage generation circuit includes a voltage generation unit configured to generate a reference voltage using a power supply voltage and output the reference voltage through a voltage output node. The voltage generation circuit also includes a pre-charge unit configured to drive the voltage output node using the power supply voltage in response to a pre-charge control signal. The voltage generation circuit further includes a pre-charge control unit configured to generate at least one sampling voltage using the power supply voltage and generate the pre-charge control signal according to a result obtained by comparing the at least one sampling voltage with the reference voltage.

Pre-charge control circuit and voltage generation circuit including the same

A calibration device is coupled to a communication line shared by plural devices. The calibration device is configured to perform an iterative eye width scanning by adjusting a set voltage level by a preset level from a first voltage level to a reference center voltage level, wherein the first voltage level corresponds to a cross point where values of signals or data, which are transmitted via the communication lines, are changed in different directions; and determine, as a zero crossing for the signals or the data, a voltage level corresponding to a largest value among a plurality of eye widths obtained through the iterative eye width scanning.

Calibration device and memory device including the calibration device for a high-speed data I/O operation under a low power condition

An input buffer circuit includes a signal input circuit and a linear setting circuit. The signal input circuit is configured to receive an input signal to generate an output signal based on a reference voltage and an activation current. The linear setting circuit is configured to compare a voltage of a first modeling node, which may correspond to the input signal, with a voltage of a second modeling node, which may correspond to the reference voltage, to generate a bias voltage for controlling the activation voltage.

Input buffer circuit and semiconductor system including the same

A duty cycle correction circuit includes a duty correction circuit, an information generation circuit and a duty control circuit. The duty correction circuit corrects a duty rate of an input clock signal based on a duty control code to generate an output clock signal. The information generation circuit compares a difference between operation power voltages based on an operation mode to generate voltage information. The duty control circuit receives the voltage information from the information generation circuit and generates the duty control code that includes the voltage information based on a duty rate of the output clock signal.

Duty cycle correction circuit and method of operating the same

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Jae Hyeong Hong