IP Library Granted Patent US 7,177,228
Granted Patent B2
US 7,177,228 · App. 10/876,915 · Granted Feb 13, 2007

Apparatus and method for controlling enable time of signal controlling operation of data buses of memory device

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Patent No.
US 7,177,228
App. No.
10/876,915
Granted
Feb 13, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling an enable interval of a signal controlling an operation of data buses which connect a bit line sense amplifier with a data sense amplifier according to a variation of an operational frequency of a memory device. The apparatus comprises a pulse width control section for changing the pulse width of an input signal depending on the operational frequency of the memory device after receiving the input signal, a signal transmission section for buffering a signal outputted from the pulse width control section, and an output section for receiving a signal outputted from the signal transmission section so as to output a first signal for controlling the signal to control the operation of the data buses.

Claims (8)

1. An apparatus for controlling an enable time of a signal controlling an operation of data buses of a memory device, the apparatus comprising:

a pulse width control section for changing the pulse width of an input signal depending on the operational frequency of the memory device after receiving the input signal, and a clock signal of the memory device in order to judge a range of the operational frequency of the memory device;

a signal transmission section for buffering a signal outputted from the pulse width control section; and

an output section for receiving a signal outputted from the signal transmission section so as to output a first signal for controlling the signal to control the operation of the data buses.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, the shorter the period of the clock signal is, the shorter the pulse width of the first signal is.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pulse width control section further comprises: a frequency divider for dividing frequencies of the clock signal; a first and a second delay section for receiving a frequency-division signal outputted from the frequency divider; and a first means for comparing the period of the clock signal and time delays of the first and the second delay section with each other, so as to change the pulse width of the input signal and to select a delay route for the input signal.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the pulse width control section further comprises a second means for receiving an address signal so as to additionally change the pulse width of the input signal and to additionally change the delay route for the input signal.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first means and the second means are connected in series with each other, and the second means is used for a test mode.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE IS HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. NOT HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC. THERE IS NO HYPHEN IN THE NAME. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 67328 FRAME 814. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded May 14, 2024
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067412/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067369/0832 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2024
From: HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067328/0814 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2004
From: KIM, JI HYUN; NAM, YOUNG JUN
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 015523/0306 →