Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Min-Gyu Hwang

Soo-Young Kim

Sang-Jae Rhee

Young-Gu Kang

Jung-yong Choi

Jae-Eung Shim

A semiconductor memory device having internal circuits responsive to temperature data, in order to compensate an output characteristic change of the internal circuits and reduce power consumption depending on temperature change, and method thereof are disclosed. The semiconductor memory device may include a temperature sensing circuit and an internal circuit. The temperature sensing circuit may generate and output temperature data in response to ambient temperature of the semiconductor memory device. The internal circuit may adjust an output level of an output signal in response to the temperature data from the temperature sensing circuit.

Semiconductor memory device having internal circuits responsive to temperature data and method thereof

A memory device includes a temperature sensor configured to generate a temperature detection signal responsive to a temperature of the memory device and a self-refresh control circuit configured to control a refresh of the memory device responsive to the temperature detection signal. The device further includes a temperature-detection-error sensing circuit configured to assert a temperature-detection-error signal responsive to an error in the temperature detection signal. The temperature-detection-error sensing circuit may be configured to provide the asserted temperature-detection-error signal at a temperature-detection-error sensing pad configured to be coupled to an external device and/or the device may further include a temperature sensor control circuit configured to control the temperature detection signal responsive to the temperature-detection-error signal. Related operating and testing methods may be provided.

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Min-Gyu Hwang