Semiconductor device
View Patent ↗A semiconductor device includes a first input terminal configured to receive a first clock signal, first control terminals configured to receive first control signals respectively, an output terminal, first inverters each including an input node coupled to the first input terminal, a control node coupled to a corresponding one of the first control terminals and an output node coupled to the output terminal, each of the first inverters being configured to be controlled to output an inverted first clock signal to the output terminal in response to a corresponding one of the first control signals supplied to a corresponding one of the control nodes, and an additional first inverter including an input node coupled to the first input terminal and an output node coupled to the output terminal, the additional first inverter being free from any other control nodes to output an inverted first clock signal to the output terminal.
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a first input terminal configured to receive a first clock signal;
a second input terminal configured to receive a second clock signal;
a plurality of first control terminals configured to receive first control signals, respectively;
a plurality of second control terminals configured to receive second control signals, respectively;
an output terminal;
a plurality of first inverters each including an input node coupled to the first input terminal, a control node coupled to a corresponding one of the first control terminals and an output node coupled to the output terminal, each of the first inverters being configured to be controlled to output an inverted first clock signal to the output terminal in response to a corresponding one of the first control signals supplied to a corresponding one of the control nodes;
a plurality of second inverters each including an input node coupled to the second input terminal, a control node coupled to a corresponding one of the first control terminals and an output node coupled to the output terminal, each of the second inverters being configured to be controlled to output an inverted second clock signal to the output terminal in response to a corresponding one of the second control signals supplied to a corresponding one of the control nodes;
an additional first inverter including an input node coupled to the first input terminal and an output node coupled to the output terminal, the additional first inverter being free from any other control nodes to output an inverted first clock signal to the output terminal; and
an additional second inverter including an input node coupled to the second input terminal and an output node coupled to the output terminal, the additional second inverter being free from any other control nodes to output an inverted first clock signal to the output terminal.
2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
each of the first inverters drives the first clock signal to the output terminal in response to a drive capability defined by a corresponding one of the first control signals and the additional first inverter drives the first clock signal to the output terminal by a fixed drive capability.
3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of third inverters each including an input node coupled to a corresponding one of the first control terminals and an output node coupled to a corresponding one of the second control terminals.
4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
each of the first inverters drives the first clock signal to the output terminal in response to a drive capability defined by a corresponding one of the first control signals and the additional first inverter drives the first clock signal to the output terminal by a fixed drive capability and
each of the second inverters drives the second clock signal to the output terminal in response to a drive capability defined by a corresponding one of the second control signals and the additional second inverter drives the second clock signal to the output terminal by a fixed drive capability.
5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:
a third input terminal configured to receive a third clock signal;
a plurality of delay elements coupled in series between the third input terminal and an internal node; and
a selection circuit receiving an adjustment code, selecting one of the delay elements in response to the adjustment code, coupling an input node of the one of the delay elements and the first input terminal, coupling an output node of the one of the delay elements and the second input terminal.
6. A semiconductor device comprising:
first and second input terminals configured to receive first and second clock signals, respectively;
a plurality of control terminals configured to receive control signals, respectively;
an output terminal;
a first output circuit driving the first clock signal to the output terminal in response to a drive capability defined by the control signals;
a second output circuit driving the second clock signal to the output terminal in response to a drive capability defined by the control signals;
a third output circuit driving the first clock signal to the output terminal by a fixed drive capability; and
a fourth output circuit driving the second clock signal to the output terminal by the fixed drive capability.
7. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:
a third input terminal configured to receive a third clock signal;
a plurality of delay elements coupled in series between the third input terminal and an internal node; and
a selection circuit receiving an adjustment code, selecting one of the delay elements in response to the adjustment code, coupling an input node of the one of the delay elements and the first input terminal, coupling an output node of the one of the delay elements and the second input terminal.
8. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each of first to fourth output circuits outputs an output signal which an input signal reversed.
9. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first output circuit is a clocked inverter and the second output circuit is a clocked inverter.
10. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the third output circuit is an inverter and the fourth output circuit is an inverter.
11. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first output circuit is a clocked inverter, the second output circuit is a clocked inverter, the third output circuit is an inverter and the fourth output circuit is an inverter.
12. A semiconductor device comprising:
first and second input terminals;
a plurality of first control terminals;
a plurality of second control terminals;
an output terminal;
a plurality of first clocked inverters each including a first input node coupled to the first input terminal, a first control node coupled to a corresponding one of the first control terminals and a first output node coupled to the output terminal;
a plurality of second clocked inverters each including a second input node coupled to the second input terminal, a second control node coupled to a corresponding one of the second control terminals and a second output node coupled to the output terminal;
a first inverter including a third input node coupled to the first input terminal and a third output node coupled to the output terminal, control nodes being not prepared in the first inverter;
a second inverter including a fourth input node coupled to the second input terminal and a fourth output node coupled to the output terminal, control nodes being not prepared in the second inverter; and
a plurality of third inverters each including a fifth input node coupled to a corresponding one of the first control terminals and a fifth output node coupled to a corresponding one of the second control terminals.
13. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
a third input terminal;
a plurality of delay elements coupled in series between the third input terminal and a internal node; and
a selection circuit receiving an adjustment code, selecting one of the delay elements in response to the adjustment code, coupling an input node of the one of the delay elements and the first input terminal, coupling an output node of the one of the delay elements and the second input terminal.
14. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first inverter is smaller than each of the first clocked inverters in transistor size and the second inverter is smaller than each of the second clocked inverters in transistor size.
15. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first and second inverters are equal in transistor size to each other.
16. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first clocked inverters are different in transistor size from each other and the second clocked inverters are different in transistor size from each other.