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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kwan-Weon Kim, Ichon, KR;
Assignee:
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Ichon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ; G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ; G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for a pipe latch control circuit controlled by a pipe output control signal in a synchronous memory device. The apparatus includes a plurality of counting stages for counting in sequence in response to a data output buffer drive signal and a counting signal driver for generating the pipe output control signal by driving each counting signal, which is outputted from the plurality of counting stages and controlled by the data output buffer drive signal.