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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bong-Hwa Jeong, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Assignee:
Hynix Semiconductor Inc, Kyoungki-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
A current reducing device is provided in a sense amplifier over driver scheme of a semiconductor memory chip. The device can reduce the amount of the electric current consumed unnecessarily during the discharging operation by differing the reference voltages of a cell power voltage discharge unit and a cell power voltage generation unit during a portion of a discharging period.