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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999

Filed:

Apr. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yasumitsu Murai, Hyogo, JP;

Wataru Sakamoto, Hyogo, JP;

Hisashi Iwamoto, Hyogo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365233 ; 365194 ; 36518907 ;
Abstract

In an internal clock signal generation circuit, a phase comparator for detecting phase difference between an external clock signal and an internal clock signal includes a transistor and a capacitor with respect to a signal line through which a clock signal corresponding to the external clock signal is transmitted, and a transistor and a capacitor with respect to a signal line through which a clock signal corresponding to the internal clock signal is transmitted. The rising timing of the signal having a more lagging phase of the signals of the two signal lines becomes more gentle. As a result, the phase difference is increased, and the phase comparator can compare the phase at high precision.


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