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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hisashi Iwamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
In a DLL circuit between a phase comparator and a digital filter there is provided a signal switching portion preventing control signals UP and DOWN from being transmitted after a clock enable signal extCKE is activated and before a predetermined period of time elapses. Thus after a semiconductor device returns from a power down mode and before a predetermined period of time elapses it continues to stop updating an amount of delay of a delay line. Thus before an internal power supply potential stabilizes the delay line does not have a varying amount of delay and as a result the semiconductor device can output data at a timing free of significant fluctuation.