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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Taek-sang Song, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dae-han Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jun-woo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An internal voltage generator includes: a detection unit configured to detect a level of an internal voltage in comparison to a reference voltage; a first driving unit configured to discharge an internal voltage terminal, through which the internal voltage is outputted, in response to an output signal of the detection unit; a current detection unit configured to detect a discharge current flowing through the first driving unit; and a second driving unit configured to charge the internal voltage terminal in response to an output signal of the current detection unit.