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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Seung-hoon Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Chul-woo Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung-Hoon Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Chul-Woo Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method for outputting internal temperature data in a semiconductor memory device can output, at high speed, relatively accurate temperature data externally, without continuously or periodically driving a temperature sensor. The method for outputting the internal temperature data comprises externally outputting internal temperature data stored in a register in a preceding driving cycle in response to a temperature data request signal; driving a temperature sensor during a predefined time section after the output of the internal temperature data is completed; and storing the internal temperature data obtained from the temperature sensor in the register. Power consumption is reduced and accurate temperature data is output externally within a shorter time.