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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Hijung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwangchol Choe, Seoul, KR;
Kwangsook Noh, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaepil Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 8/14 (2006.01); H03K 19/017 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/222 (2013.01); G11C 7/1039 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 8/14 (2013.01); H03K 19/01742 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells connected to wordlines and bitlines, and a clock buffer receiving a clock signal for performing a read operation or a write operation on at least one of the memory cells. The clock buffer includes a plurality of serially connected clock repeaters, and the plurality of clock repeaters have at least one pair of clock repeaters having different imbalanced driving capabilities.