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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1999
Ki-whan Song, Seoul, KR;
Chan-jong Park, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A current control circuit capable of minimizing changes in an output high voltage VOH and an output low voltage VOL and quickly and accurately bringing a divided voltage to a steady state, and a packet-type semiconductor memory device including the current control circuit. The current control circuit includes a first differential amplification type buffer for transmitting the voltage of a first pad, that is, the output high voltage VOH, without change in response to a current control enable signal, a second differential amplification type buffer for transmitting the voltage of a second pad, that is, the output low voltage VOL, without change in response to the current control enable signal, and a voltage divider for dividing a voltage ranging between the voltage outputs of the first and second differential amplification buffers, and outputting the divided voltage. Accordingly, in the packet-type semiconductor memory device including the current control circuit, the current control circuit minimizes changes in the output high voltage VOH and the output low voltage VOL and quickly and accurately brings a divided voltage to a steady state, so that the current driving capability of an output driver for driving the second pad can be quickly controlled.