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Granted Patent B2
US 10,491,215 · App. 16/101,998 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Calibration circuit and calibration apparatus including the same

Inventors: Oung Sic Cho (Icheon-si, KR); Jong Hoon Oh (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
H03K19/0005
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Patent No.
US 10,491,215
App. No.
16/101,998
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A calibration circuit sharing a resistor for impedance matching includes a command decoder configured to receive a command signal and decode the command signal into a calibration enable signal; a selector configured to select one of the calibration enable signal and a start signal according to a select signal, and provide a driving signal; and a calibration driver configured to perform an impedance matching operation in response to the driving signal, and generate a completion signal when performance is completed, wherein the start signal corresponds to a completion signal provided from another calibration circuit which shares the resistor for the impedance matching.

Claims (59)

1. A system comprising:

a first semiconductor device;

a second semiconductor device;

a third semiconductor device; and

a fourth semiconductor device,

wherein the first semiconductor device to the fourth semiconductor device configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein first semiconductor device to the fourth semiconductor device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein the fourth semiconductor device generates a completion signal when performance is completed and the first semiconductor device receive the completion signal provided from the fourth semiconductor device.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first semiconductor device to the fourth semiconductor device includes a volatile memory and at least one of the first semiconductor device to the fourth semiconductor device includes a non-volatile memory.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each semiconductor device comprises:

a first calibration driver configured to, based on a first calibration enable signal, perform an impedance matching operation according to the resistor, and

a signal generator configured to generate a completion signal when performance is completed.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein each semiconductor device further comprises:

a command decoder configured to receive the command signal and decode the command signal into a second calibration enable signal; and

a selector configured to select the first completion signal between the first completion signal and the second calibration enable signal according to a select signal, and provide a driving signal,

wherein the second calibration driver is configured to perform the impedance matching operation according to the driving signal.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor devices sequentially perform the impedance matching operation according to the chain shape.

6. A system comprising:

a first semiconductor device to an eighth semiconductor device,

wherein the first semiconductor device to the eighth semiconductor device configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein first semiconductor device to the eighth semiconductor device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein the eighth semiconductor device generate a completion signal when performance is completed and the first semiconductor device receive the completion signal provided from the eighth semiconductor device.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein each semiconductor device comprises:

a calibration driver configured to perform an impedance matching operation using the resistor for the impedance matching, and

a signal generator configured to generate a completion signal when the performance is completed.

8. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the semiconductor devices sequentially perform the impedance matching operation according to the chain shape.

9. The system according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the semiconductor devices includes a volatile memory and at least one of other semiconductor devices includes non-volatile memories.

10. A system comprising:

a first semiconductor device to an sixteenth semiconductor device,

wherein the first semiconductor device to the sixteenth semiconductor device configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein first semiconductor device to the sixteenth semiconductor device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein the sixteenth semiconductor device generate a completion signal when performance is completed and the first semiconductor device receive the completion signal provided from the sixteenth semiconductor device.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein each semiconductor device are configured to sequentially perform the impedance matching operation.

12. The system according to claim 10 , wherein each semiconductor device includes a calibration driver configured to perform an impedance matching operation by using the resistor and a signal generator configured to generate a status signal when the performance is completed.

13. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the semiconductor devices sequentially perform the impedance matching operation according to the chain shape.

14. The system according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the semiconductor devices includes a volatile memory and at least one of other semiconductor devices includes non-volatile memories.

15. A system comprising:

a first semiconductor device to a thirty-second semiconductor device,

wherein the first semiconductor device to the thirty-second semiconductor device is configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein first semiconductor device to the thirty-second semiconductor device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein the thirty-second semiconductor device generate a completion signal when performance is completed and the first semiconductor device receive the completion signal provided from the thirty-second semiconductor device.

16. The system according to claim 15 , wherein at least one of the semiconductor devices includes a volatile memory and at least one of other semiconductor devices includes non-volatile memories.

17. A system comprising:

a first semiconductor device;

a second semiconductor device;

a third semiconductor device; and

a fourth semiconductor device,

wherein the first semiconductor device to the fourth semiconductor device configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein first semiconductor device to the fourth semiconductor device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein at least one of the first semiconductor device to the fourth semiconductor device includes a volatile memory and at least one of the first semiconductor device to the fourth semiconductor device includes a non-volatile memory.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein each semiconductor device comprises:

a first calibration driver configured to, based on a first calibration enable signal, perform an impedance matching operation according to the resistor, and

a signal generator configured to generate a completion signal when performance is completed.

19. The system according to claim 18 , wherein each semiconductor device further comprises:

a command decoder configured to receive the command signal and decode the command signal into a second calibration enable signal; and

a selector configured to select the first completion signal between the first completion signal and the second calibration enable signal according to a select signal, and provide a driving signal,

wherein the second calibration driver is configured to perform the impedance matching operation according to the driving signal.

20. The system according to claim 17 , wherein the semiconductor devices sequentially perform the impedance matching operation according to the chain shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2018
From: CHO, OUNG SIC; OH, JONG HOON
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 046628/0330 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0147541 · Oct 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15626648 · Jun 19, 2017
Continuation 14661687 · Mar 18, 2015
Related Publication 20180351555A1 · Dec 6, 2018
Cited By (1)
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