Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Output circuit for semiconductor device, semiconductor device having output circuit, and method of adjusting characteristics of output circuit
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Application No.: US15177646Application Date: 2016-06-09
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Publication No.: US09641175B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Hiroki Fujisawa
- Applicant: PS4 Luxco S.a.r.l.
- Applicant Address: LU Luxembourg
- Assignee: Longitude Semiconductor S.a.r.l.
- Current Assignee: Longitude Semiconductor S.a.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: LU Luxembourg
- Priority: JP2005-011272 20050119
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00 ; G01R31/317 ; G11C11/4093 ; G11C29/02 ; G11C29/50

Abstract:
To decrease the circuit scale necessary for the calibration of the output circuit and to decrease the time required for the calibration operation. The invention includes a first output buffer and a second output buffer that are connected to a data pin, and a calibration circuit that is connected to a calibration pin. The first output buffer and the second output buffer include plural unit buffers. The unit buffers have mutually the same circuit structures. With this arrangement, the impedances of the first output buffer and the second output buffer can be set in common, based on the calibration operation using the calibration circuit. Consequently, both the circuit scale necessary for the calibration operation and the time required for the calibration operation can be decreased.
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