Self refresh oscillator

1. A self refresh oscillator, comprising:

a plurality of inverters serially connected between an input terminal and an output terminal;

a pull up driver for charging a first node in accordance with a level of the output terminal, which is connected to the first node;

a comparator for comparing a potential of the first node with a reference voltage and outputting the result to the input terminal; and

a period adjusting unit for discharging a current from the first node to a round according to a level of the output terminal, wherein the period adjusting unit includes at least one first transistor and a second transistor serially connected between the ground and the first node, and the at least one first transistor being connected as a diode shape, and the second transistor being turned on in accordance with the level of the output terminal.

2. The self refresh oscillator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a threshold voltage of the first transistor is in inverse proportion to temperature, and an amount of discharging current increases in proportion to the temperature.

3. The self refresh oscillator claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are each NMOS transistors.

4. The self refresh oscillator as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a first capacitor connected between the ground and the first node.

5. The self refresh oscillator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first transistor comprises more than one first transistors and the reference voltage has the same level as an approximate value of a sum of threshold voltages of the first transistors.

6. The self refresh oscillator as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a NAND gate that is connected between the plurality of inverters and operates in accordance with an oscillator enable signal.

7. The self refresh oscillator as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a NAND gate that is connected between the plurality of inverters and operates in accordance with an oscillator enable signal; and

second and third capacitors connected between the input terminal and the ground and between the output terminal of the NAND gate and the ground, respectively.

8. A self refresh oscillator, comprising:

a plurality of inverters serially connected between an input terminal and an output terminal;

a pull up driver for charging a first node in accordance with a level of the output terminal, which is connected to the first node;

a comparator for comparing a potential of the first node with a reference voltage and outputting the result to the input terminal; and

a plurality of period adjusting units connected between the first node and the ground in parallel with one another, that selectively operate in accordance with a control signal.

9. The self refresh oscillator as claimed in claim 8 , wherein each of the period adjusting units consists of first, second, third and fourth NMOS transistors serially connected between the first node and the ground;

the first and second NMOS transistors are connected as a diode shape, the third NMOS transistor is turned on in accordance with the control signal, and the fourth NMOS transistor is turned on in accordance with the level of the output terminal; and

each size of the plurality of period adjusting units is different from one another so as to determine a period to be different from one another in each of the period adjusting units.

10. The self refresh oscillator as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a first capacitor connected between the ground and the first node.

11. The self refresh oscillator as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a NAND gate that is connected between the plurality of inverters and operates in accordance with an oscillator enable signal.

12. The self refresh oscillator as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:

a first capacitor connected between the ground and the first node; and

a NAND gate that is connected between the plurality of inverters and operates in accordance with an oscillator enable signal.