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Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2022
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Kyoungho Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Chulwoo Kim, Seoul, KR;

Hyunsu Park, Seoul, KR;

Jincheol Sim, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 29/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/12015 (2013.01); G11C 29/56004 (2013.01); G11C 29/56012 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a multilevel receiver including a signal determiner receiving a plurality of multilevel signals and outputting a result of mutual comparison of the plurality of multilevel signals as an N-bit signal, where N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2. A decoder restores a valid signal among the N-bit signals from the signal determiner to an M-bit data signal, where M is a natural number less than N. A clock generator receives a reference clock signal, generates an input clock signal using the reference clock signal, inputs the input clock signal to the signal determiner, and determines a phase of the input clock signal based on an occurrence probability of an invalid signal not restored to the M-bit data signal among the N-bit signals.


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