Internal voltage generator of semiconductor device and method for driving the same
View Patent ↗An internal voltage generator includes: a comparison block suitable for comparing an internal voltage with a reference voltage and generating a first comparison signal having an analog level corresponding to a comparison result a first driving block suitable for driving an output terminal of the internal voltage with a source voltage in response to the first comparison signal; a logic block suitable for generating a second comparison signal having a logic level based on the first comparison signal; and a second driving block suitable for driving the output terminal of the internal voltage with the source voltage based on the second comparison signal.
1. An internal voltage generator, comprising:
a comparison block configured to compare an internal voltage that is fed back with a reference voltage and generate a first comparison signal having an analog level corresponding to a comparison result;
a first driving block configured to drive an output terminal of the internal voltage with a source voltage in response to the first comparison signal;
a logic block configured to generate a second comparison signal having a logic level corresponding to the first comparison signal;
a second driving block configured to drive the output terminal of the internal voltage with the source voltage based on the second comparison signal; and
an additional path providing block configured to provide the comparison block with an additional current source, in addition to a default current source included in the comparison block and enabled based on a bias voltage, based on an inverted signal of the second comparison signal.
2. The internal voltage generator of claim 1 , wherein the logic block generates the second comparison signal having a first logic level when a voltage level of the first comparison signal is lower than a logic threshold voltage.
3. The internal voltage generator of claim 2 , wherein the logic block generates the second comparison signal having a second logic level when the voltage level of the first comparison signal is higher than the logic threshold voltage.
4. The internal voltage generator of claim 3 , wherein the first driving block is selectively enabled based on the voltage level of the first comparison signal while the voltage level of the first comparison signal is higher than the logic threshold voltage and continuously enabled based on the voltage level of the first comparison signal while the voltage level of the first comparison signal is lower than the logic threshold voltage.
5. The internal voltage generator of claim 3 , wherein the second driving block is disabled while the voltage level of the first comparison signal is higher than the logic threshold voltage and enabled while the voltage level of the first comparison signal is lower than the logic threshold voltage.
6. The internal voltage generator of claim 3 , wherein the logic block includes:
a first inversion unit configured to invert the first comparison signal based on the logic threshold voltage and generate an inverted logic signal; and
a second inversion unit configured to invert the inverted logic signal based on the logic threshold voltage and generate the second comparison signal.
7. The internal voltage generator of claim 6 , wherein the inverted signal of the second comparison signal corresponds to the inverted logic signal.