IP Library Granted Patent US 7,755,969
Granted Patent B2
US 7,755,969 · App. 11/961,963 · Granted Jul 13, 2010

Address receiving circuit for a semiconductor apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,755,969
App. No.
11/961,963
Granted
Jul 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An address receiving circuit for a semiconductor apparatus includes a controller that, in response to a semiconductor apparatus initialization-related command, generates a control signal having an activation cycle corresponding to the standard of cycle time of the semiconductor apparatus initialization-related command, and an address buffer that receives an address according to the control signal.

Claims (18)

1. An address receiving circuit for a semiconductor apparatus, comprising:

a controller that generates a control signal having an activation cycle corresponding to a prescribed time difference between an initial mode register set (MRS) command and a subsequent MRS command in response to the initial MRS command; and

an address buffer that receives an address according to the control signal.

2. The address receiving circuit of claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to stop a level transiting of the control signal when the initial MRS command is activated.

3. The address receiving circuit of claim 2 ,

wherein the controller includes:

a timing signal generator that sequentially shifts the initial MRS command to generate a plurality of timing signals;

a period signal generator that performs a logical operation on the initial MRS command and the plurality of timing signals to generate a period signal; and

a control signal generator that generates the control signal using the period signal and a clock signal.

4. The address receiving circuit of claim 3 ,

wherein the timing signal generator includes a plurality of shift registers that receive and sequentially shift the initial MRS command.

5. The address receiving circuit of claim 4 ,

wherein the number of the plurality of shift registers is determined according to the standard of cycle time of the initial MRS command.

6. The address receiving circuit of claim 3 ,

wherein the period signal generator includes a logic circuit that performs a logical OR operation on the plurality of timing signals and inverts the result value of the logical OR operation.

7. The address receiving circuit of claim 3 ,

wherein the control signal generator includes a logic circuit that performs a logical AND operation on the period signal and an inverted clock signal, and inverts the result value of the logical AND operation.

Assignments (3)
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.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2024
From: HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067328/0814 →