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Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2008
Applicants:

Hee-woong Song, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kun-woo Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Yong-ju Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Ic-su OH, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hyung-soo Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Tae-jin Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hae-rang Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Ji-wang Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Hee-Woong Song, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kun-Woo Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Yong-Ju Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Ic-Su Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hyung-Soo Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Tae-Jin Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hae-Rang Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Ji-Wang Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device includes a delay locked loop circuit that can control input/output timing of data according to a system clock of a high frequency. The semiconductor memory device includes a phase comparator configured to detect a phase difference between an internal clock and a reference clock to output a state signal having a pulse width corresponding to the detected phase difference, a phase adjuster configured to generate a digital code for determining a delay time corresponding to the state signal for locking a phase of the internal clock, a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert the digital code to an analog voltage, and a multiphase delay signal generator configured to delay the internal clock according to a bias voltage corresponding to the analog voltage to feed back the delayed internal clock as the internal clock and generate multiphase delay signals.


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