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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nak Won Heo, Suwon-Si, KR;
Young Hyun Jun, Seoul-Si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 ;
Abstract
A delay line receives an input clock signal and includes a cascaded plurality of unit delay circuits. A mode register set stores a value indicative of a column-address-strobe (CAS) latency of the memory device, and an adjustment circuit varies a delay time of the unit delay circuits according to the CAS latency stored in the mode register set. A phase detector detects a phase difference between the input clock signal and an output clock signal of the delay line, and a control circuit which controls an enabled state of the unit delay circuits according to an output of said phase detector.