Invention Grant
- Patent Title: DLL circuit adapted to semiconductor device
- Patent Title (中): DLL电路适用于半导体器件
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Application No.: US12465355Application Date: 2009-05-13
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Publication No.: US08013645B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Koji Kuroki , Ryuuji Takishita
- Applicant: Koji Kuroki , Ryuuji Takishita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-129638 20080516
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06

Abstract:
A DLL circuit is designed to adjust the delay time and the duty applied to an input clock signal, thus producing a DLL clock signal. In a non-clocking state of the DLL clock signal in which pulses disappear temporarily, the DLL circuit stops updating the delay time and the duty of the DLL clock signal. That is, the DLL circuit is capable of preventing a phase difference between the input clock signal and the DLL clock signal from being erroneously detected in the non-clocking state of the DLL clock signal, thus preventing the delay time and the duty from being updated based on the erroneously detected phase difference. Thus, it is possible to reduce the number of cycles adapted to the delay-locked control and to thereby stabilize the operation of the DLL circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090284290A1 DLL CIRCUIT ADAPTED TO SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-11-19
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