Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Impedance matching circuit and semiconductor memory device with the same
- Patent Title (中): 阻抗匹配电路和半导体存储器件相同
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Application No.: US11967659Application Date: 2007-12-31
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Publication No.: US07710143B2Publication Date: 2010-05-04
- Inventor: Chun-Seok Jeong , Jae-Jin Lee
- Applicant: Chun-Seok Jeong , Jae-Jin Lee
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-di
- Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-di
- Agency: IP & T Law Firm PLC
- Priority: KR10-2007-0020727 20070302
- Main IPC: H03K17/16
- IPC: H03K17/16 ; H03K19/003

Abstract:
An impedance matching circuit of a semiconductor memory device performs a ZQ calibration with initial values that reflect an offset error according to variations in a manufacturing process. The impedance matching circuit includes a first pull-down resistance unit, a first pull-up resistance unit, and a code generation unit. The first pull-down resistance unit supplies a ground voltage to a first node, thereby determining an initial pull-down code. The first pull-up resistance unit supplies a supply voltage to the first node, thereby determining an initial pull-up code or a voltage level on the first node. The code generation unit generates pull-down and pull-up calibration codes using the initial pull-down and pull-up codes as respective initial values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080211534A1 IMPEDANCE MATCHING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH THE SAME Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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