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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Applicant:
Hui-kap Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Hui-Kap Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided are a boosted voltage detecting circuit capable of reducing the consumption of current and reducing ripple in boosted voltage during a self-refresh operation of a semiconductor memory device, and a method of controlling the same. One embodiment of the boosted voltage detecting circuit includes a feedback unit feeding back a boosted voltage, a reference voltage receiving unit receiving a reference voltage, and a detection signal generating unit comparing output voltages received from the feedback and reference voltage receiving units and generating a detection signal according to the result of comparison.