- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and memory system having input buffer circuit
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Application No.: US15860778Application Date: 2018-01-03
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Publication No.: US10283189B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Seung Ho Lee
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: IP & T Group LLP
- Priority: KR10-2017-0065427 20170526
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14 ; G11C11/4078 ; H03K17/081 ; G11C11/4074 ; G11C11/4099 ; G11C11/4093 ; G11C7/02 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C11/408

Abstract:
Provided is an input buffer circuit comprising a high-voltage protection unit coupled to a pad and comprising a low-voltage pass unit and a high-voltage pass unit that are coupled in common to an output signal node. The low-voltage pass unit may transfer the first voltage to the output signal node, when a first voltage falling within a first voltage range is applied through the pad. The high-voltage pass unit may transfer a third voltage lower than the second voltage to the output signal node, when a second voltage falling within a second voltage range higher than the first voltage range is applied through the pad.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180342280A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING INPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2018-11-29
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