IP Library Granted Patent US 9,959,922
Granted Patent B2
US 9,959,922 · App. 15/689,893 · Granted May 1, 2018

Semiconductor device having input/output line drive circuit and semiconductor system including the same

Inventor: Min Su Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
G11C11/4085G11C11/406G11C11/4087G11C11/4091G11C11/4093G11C11/4094G11C11/40603G11C11/40618
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,959,922
App. No.
15/689,893
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor system includes a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device outputs a command/address signal. The second semiconductor device extracts an active signal, a pre-charge signal, and addresses from the command/address signal, performs an active operation on a memory cell corresponding to the addresses, and performs a refresh operation on the memory cell corresponding to counting signals generated by counting a number of pulses in a refresh signal.

Claims (18)

1. An input/output line drive circuit comprising:

an amplification unit suitable for sensing and amplifying a voltage difference between a bit line and an inversion bit line coupled to a memory cell;

a first coupling unit suitable for coupling the bit line to a segment line in response to a column select signal and an enable signal; and

a second coupling unit suitable for coupling the inversion bit line to an inversion segment line in response to the column select signal and the enable signal,

wherein:

the first coupling unit decouples the bit line from the segment line if the enable signal is disabled during the refresh operation; and

the second coupling unit decouples the inversion bit line from the inversion segment line if the enable signal is disabled during the refresh operation.

2. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first coupling unit includes:

a first switch coupled between the segment line and a first node and suitable for being turned on in response to the column select signal; and

a second switch coupled between the first node and the bit line and suitable for being turned on in response to the enable signal.

3. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the second coupling unit includes:

a third switch coupled between the inversion segment line and a second node and suitable for being turned on in response to the column select signal; and

a fourth switch coupled between the second node and the inversion bit line and suitable for being turned on in response to the enable signal.

4. The circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a switching signal generating unit suitable for generating a switching signal and the column select signal by decoding addresses input from an external device or counting signals generated by counting a number of pulses in a clock signal; and

an enable signal generating unit suitable for generating the enable signal by decoding the counting signals.

5. The circuit of claim 4 , further comprising:

a switching unit suitable for coupling the segment line and the inversion segment line to a pair of I/O lines in response to the switching signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067335/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2017
From: PARK, MIN SU
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 043439/0458 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0106091 · Jul 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14925353 · Oct 28, 2015
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