Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Impedance control circuit and semiconductor device including the same
- Patent Title (中): 阻抗控制电路和包括其的半导体器件
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Application No.: US12707354Application Date: 2010-02-17
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Publication No.: US08278973B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Shunji Kuwahara , Hiroki Fujisawa
- Applicant: Shunji Kuwahara , Hiroki Fujisawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-036771 20090219
- Main IPC: H03B1/00
- IPC: H03B1/00

Abstract:
To include two counter circuits that change impedances of two replica circuits, respectively, and an impedance adjustment control circuit that controls the counter circuits to update count values of the counter circuits. The impedance adjustment control circuit controls one of the counter circuits to finish updating the count value of the counter circuit in response to a change of the impedance of the corresponding replica circuit from a state of being lower than an impedance of an external resistor to a state of being higher than the impedance of the external resistor, and controls the other counter circuit to finish updating the count value of the other counter circuit in response to a change of the impedance of the other replica circuit from a state of being higher than the impedance of the former replica circuit to a state of being lower than the impedance of the former replica circuit. With this configuration, the adjust errors generated in the replica circuits are canceled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100207680A1 IMPEDANCE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2010-08-19
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