Skhynix Inc.

Taek Sang Song

Dae Han Kwon

Jun Woo Lee

Chang Kyu Choi

Chul Hyun Park

Hyuck-Sang Yim

A resistive memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, each of which is configured to store a normal data, a first reference data corresponding to a first resistance state and a second reference data corresponding to a second resistance state, a data copy unit configured to temporarily store the normal data read from a selected memory cell and generate a copied cell current based on the stored normal data, a mirroring block configured to temporarily store the first and second reference data read from the selected memory cell, and to generate a first reference current and a second reference current based on the stored first and second reference data, respectively, and a sensing unit configured to sense the stored normal data based on the copied cell current and the first reference current and the second reference current.

Resistive memory device and method for driving the same

A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a resistive memory cell; a data sensing unit configured to sense an output voltage, formed by a sensing current supplied to the resistive memory cell, based on a reference voltage, and output data having a value corresponding to the sensing result; and a reference voltage generation unit comprising a dummy memory cell including first and second resistors having first and second resistance values, respectively, and configured to output a voltage formed by the sensing current supplied to the dummy memory cell as the reference voltage.

Semiconductor memory apparatus

A resistive memory apparatus includes a sensing voltage generation unit and a memory cell. The sensing voltage generation unit configured to drive a sensing node to a voltage with a predetermined level in response to a reference voltage and a voltage of the sensing node. The memory cell is connected with the sensing node and configured to change a magnitude of current flowing through the sensing node according to a resistance value thereof.

Resistive memory apparatus

A semiconductor apparatus includes an odd data clock buffer group configured to maintain or shift a phase of a multi-phase source clock signal, and output a first multi-phase clock signal, an even data clock buffer group configured to maintain or shift a phase of the multi-phase source clock signal, and output a second multi-phase clock signal, an odd data output buffer group configured to drive odd data in response to the first multi-phase clock signal and output the driven data to an odd data pad group, and an even data output buffer group configured to drive even data in response to the second multi-phase clock signal and output the driven data to an even data pad group, wherein the phases of clock signals of the first and second multi-phase clock signal are different from each other.

Semiconductor apparatus for reducing cross talk and semiconductor system using the same

An output driver includes: a pull-up signal generation unit configured to control a pulse width of first data and output a pull-up pre-drive signal; a pull-down signal generation unit configured to control a pulse width of second data and output a pull-down pre-drive signal; a pull-up pre-driver unit configured to receive the pull-up pre-drive signal and generate a pull-up main drive signal; a pull-down pre-driver unit configured to receive the pull-down pre-drive signal and generate a pull-down main drive signal; a pull-up main driver unit configured to charge an output node according to the pull-up main drive signal; and a pull-down main driver unit configured to discharge the output node according to the pull-down main drive signal.

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Icheon-si, South Korea

Taek Sang Song