Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage generators adaptive to low external power supply voltage
- Patent Title (中): 电压发生器适应低外部电源电压
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Application No.: US13661297Application Date: 2012-10-26
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Publication No.: US09053814B2Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Dong-Su Lee
- Applicant: Dong-Su Lee
- Applicant Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2012-0019832 20120227
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C11/4076 ; G05F1/56 ; G11C11/4074 ; H02M3/07 ; G11C11/4099 ; G11C5/14

Abstract:
Voltage generators may generate a level of a high target voltage with respect to a low external power supply voltage. A reference voltage generator includes a clamp regulator which is driven by a first power supply voltage supplied from an external source and receives a first voltage to generate a clamp voltage, and a level amplifier which is driven by a second power supply voltage that is higher than the first power supply voltage and receives the clamp voltage to generate a reference voltage. The clamp voltage may be set to have a voltage level which results in a successful restore operation with respect to a memory cell array in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM).
Public/Granted literature
- US20130223175A1 VOLTAGE GENERATORS ADAPTIVE TO LOW EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE Public/Granted day:2013-08-29
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