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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2020
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Jeong Jun Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/4072 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/789 (2013.01); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01); G11C 7/20 (2013.01); G11C 11/4072 (2013.01); G11C 29/787 (2013.01);
Abstract
A latch circuit includes a plurality of latch sets, each including an enable latch and a plurality of address latches; and a plurality of latch-width adjusting circuits respectively corresponding to the latch sets, wherein, in each of the plurality of latch sets, the corresponding latch-width adjusting circuit is disposed between the enable latch of the corresponding latch set and the address latch adjacent to the enable latch, and couples the enable latch to the adjacent address latch depending on whether or not the corresponding latch set is used, at an end of a boot-up operation.