Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Junsub Yoon

Hun-Dae Choi

Jang-Woo Ryu

A clock signal synchronization circuit includes a delay line configured to delay an input clock signal in response to a delay control signal to output an output clock signal, a replica circuit configured to delay the output clock signal to output a feedback clock signal, a phase detector configured to compare the input clock signal and the feedback clock signal with each other to detect a phase difference, and a delay control circuit configured to generate the delay control signal based on the phase difference. The replica circuit may delay the output clock signal based on an operation mode of a memory device to output the feedback clock signal.

Clock signal synchronization circuit, semiconductor memory device including clock signal synchronization circuit, and method of operating clock signal synchronization circuit

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a delay locked loop includes a coarse delay circuit configured to delay a reference clock signal to generate a first clock signal, a fine delay circuit configured to delay the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal, a first delay circuit configured to delay the second clock signal to generate a third clock signal, a second delay circuit configured to delay the first clock signal to generate a fourth clock signal, a third delay circuit configured to delay the fourth clock signal to generate a fifth clock signal, a phase detector configured to detect a phase difference between the reference clock signal and the fifth clock signal, and a controller configured to adjust, a first delay amount of the coarse delay circuit, a second delay amount of the fine delay circuit and a third delay amount of the third delay circuit.

Delay locked loop including replica fine delay circuit and memory device including the same

Provided are a digital phase interpolator, a clock signal generator, and a volatile memory device including the clock signal generator. The clock signal generator includes an internal signal generator configured to generate a first internal signal and a second internal signal, which mutually have a phase difference, based on an external clock signal, a first phase interpolator configured to interpolate the first internal signal with the second internal signal in response to a first control signal and generate a first interpolation signal, a second phase interpolator configured to interpolate the first internal signal with the second internal signal in response to a second control signal and generate a second interpolation signal, and a selector configured to select any one of the first interpolation signal and the second interpolation signal in response to a selection signal and output the selected interpolation signal as an internal clock signal.

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Junsub Yoon