IP Library Granted Patent US 10,706,899
Granted Patent B2
US 10,706,899 · App. 16/446,155 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Woongrae Kim (Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sangkwon Lee (Yongin-si Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
G11C7/1057G06F1/325G11C5/148G11C7/062G11C7/222
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Patent No.
US 10,706,899
App. No.
16/446,155
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a buffer control circuit suitable for generating a buffer control signal in response to a power-down mode signal and a detection pulse, a first buffer circuit suitable for generating a first internal chip select signal by buffering a chip select signal depending on a select signal which is generated in response to the buffer control signal in a power-down mode, and a detection pulse generation circuit suitable for generating the detection pulse in response to the first internal chip select signal.

Claims (9)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a buffer control circuit suitable for generating a buffer control signal in response to a power-down mode signal and a power-down mode exit signal;

a first buffer circuit suitable for generating a first internal chip select signal by buffering a chip select signal in response to the buffer control signal in a power-down mode; and

a second buffer circuit suitable for generating a second internal chip select signal by buffering the chip select signal in response to the buffer control signal in a normal operation mode.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer control signal has a first logic level in the case where the power-down mode signal is enabled in the power-down mode, and has a second logic level in the case where the power-down mode exit signal is enabled in the normal operation mode.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first buffer circuit is embodied as a CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) circuit.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second buffer circuit is embodied by a differential amplification circuit.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a command address buffer circuit suitable for generating an internal command address by buffering a command address in response to the buffer control signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2019
From: KIM, WOONGRAE; LEE, SANGKWON
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 049523/0648 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0038477 · Mar 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15653026 · Jul 18, 2017
Related Publication 20190304519A1 · Oct 3, 2019
Cited By (1)
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