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7636001 Digital DLL circuit  
A digital DLL circuit includes: a first register configured to hold a first delay specifying value to specify a delay of a rising edge side of a signal; a second register configured to hold a...
7633324 Data output strobe signal generating circuit and semiconductor memory apparatus having the same  
A data output strobe signal generating circuit includes a duty cycle correcting unit that corrects the duty ratio of an input clock in response to a control signal to generate a corrected clock. A...
7634677 Circuit and method for outputting aligned strobe signal and parallel data signal  
An output circuit includes a detector receiving a parallel data signal, detecting a level change degree for the parallel data signal between a first time point and a second time point, and...
7629827 Semiconductor integrated circuit  
The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first subordinate clock tree 802 and a second subordinate clock tree 803 , wherein a clock is delayed by a variable delay circuit 805 and...
7629816 Method and apparatus for pre-clocking  
A method and apparatus for pre-clocking have been disclosed. In one case pre-clocking is used to effectively decrease the delay to output timing with respect to a clock. In another case...
7627003 Automatic clock synchronization and distribution circuit for counter clock flow pipelined systems  
A clock synchronization buffer for a counter clock flow pipelined circuit including a cascade of processing modules that receive data from a previous module and provide output results to a...
7627066 Apparatus for data recovery in a synchronous chip-to-chip system  
An apparatus that reduces sampling errors for data communicated between devices uses phase information acquired from a timing reference signal such as a strobe signal to align a data-sampling...
7627790 Apparatus for jitter testing an IC  
An integrated circuit tester channel includes an integrated circuit (IC) for adding a programmably controlled amount of jitter to a digital test signal to produce a DUT input signal having a...
7622971 Delay locked loop circuits and methods of generating clock signals  
A delay locked loop circuit includes a phase detector configured to compare a phase of a reference clock signal with a phase of an output clock signal and to output a comparison signal, a control...
7620133 Method and apparatus for a digital-to-phase converter  
A DPC ( 300 ) includes: a frequency source ( 310 ) for generating a clock signal; a delay line ( 320 ) for receiving the clock signal and generating phase-shifted clock signals at output taps; a...
7620857 Controllable delay device  
Two delay chains having in each case n series-connected unidirectional delay elements are provided for controllably delaying electrical signals between a circuit input and at least one circuit...
7619456 Wide frequency multi-phase signal generator with variable duty ratio and method thereof  
A multi-phase signal generator may include a duty control buffer configured to receive a first differential input signal and a second differential input signal, and generate a first differential...
7619454 Clock generator for semiconductor memory apparatus  
The clock generator for semiconductor memory apparatus which includes: a first divider configured to divide a frequency of a first internal clock generated by using an external clock; a first delay...
7616030 Semiconductor device and operation method thereof  
Semiconductor device and operation method thereof includes an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clock generator configured to receive an external clock signal to generate a first...
7612622 Method and device for determining a duty cycle offset  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and device operable to determine a duty cycle offset of a periodic signal and correct the periodic signal to a desired duty cycle. Embodiment...
7605629 Adjusting circuit and method for delay circuit  
Disclosed is an adjusting circuit for determining a target delay clock signal of a delay circuit having a plurality of delay units. The delay circuit generates a plurality of delay clock signals,...
7605624 Delay locked loop (DLL) circuit for generating clock signal for memory device  
A delay locked loop (DLL) circuit is disclosed. The DLL circuit includes a first delay locked loop (DLL) configured to receive a plurality of first clock signals, delay each of the first clock...
7605623 Semiconductor memory apparatus with a delay locked loop circuit  
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a delay line configured to delay a reference clock, a first delay block configured to delay a feedback clock, a first phase comparator configured to...
7605625 Device, system and method of delay calibration  
System and method of calibrating delay mismatch for high-spectral purity applications. For example, a method includes measuring the delay of one delay element at a time in a fixed topology by...
7602257 Signal generating circuit  
A signal generating circuit is provided. The signal generating circuit may include a plurality of delay circuits coupled to provide a plurality of control signals, a weighted-sum circuit to receive...
7602224 Semiconductor device having delay locked loop and method for driving the same  
A delay locked loop includes: a control voltage generator configured to generate a voltage control signal having a voltage level corresponding to a phase difference between an external clock and a...
7602223 Delay-locked loop circuit and method of generating multiplied clock therefrom  
A delay-locked loop circuit includes: a phase detector generating a detection signal from a phase difference between an external clock signal and a feedback clock signal; a charge pump controlling...
7599245 Output controller capable of generating only necessary control signals based on an activated selection signal  
An output controller includes: an output enable signal generator for generating corresponding ones among a plurality of output enable signals based on a preset column address strobe (CAS) latency,...
7583124 Delaying stage selecting circuit and method thereof  
A delaying stage selecting circuit for selecting a specific delaying stage from a plurality of delaying stages, where the delaying stages are for outputting delayed clock signals, includes: a first...
7583118 Delay locked loop circuit  
A delay locked loop (DLL) circuit includes a first DLL section configured to receive a reference clock signal, to delay the reference clock signal in response to a first control signal, and to...
7576580 Energy efficient clock deskew systems and methods  
Systems and methods for active clock deskew are provided. The disclosed systems/methods advantageously achieve desirable clock deskew at reduced power levels by employing a resistance-based...
7576579 DLL circuit and semiconductor device including the same  
A DLL circuit includes a first delay adjusting circuit that adjusts an amount of delay of a frequency-divided signal CK 1 , a second delay adjusting circuit that adjusts an amount of delay of a...
7570097 Electronic circuit with low noise delay circuit  
An electronic circuit comprises a delay circuit that with a chain of saw tooth delay stages ( 10 a - d ), coupled in a loop to form an oscillator for example. Each stage comprises an integrating...
7560963 Delay-locked loop apparatus and delay-locked method  
A delay-locked loop device compensates a skew between an external clock and data or between an external clock and an internal clock particularly by applying a single delay model portion, a...
7557627 Semiconductor memory device for generating a delay locked clock in early stage  
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a first delay locked loop configured to delay a system clock by a predetermined time to thereby generate a first delay locked clock synchronizing a data...
7558692 Consumption current balance circuit, compensation current amount adjusting method, timing generator, and semiconductor testing apparatus  
A consumption current balance circuit reduces the layout area and suppresses the deterioration of accuracy of a delay time caused by a temperature variation due to a power variation of a delay...
7557628 Method and apparatus for digital phase generation at high frequencies  
An apparatus and method for generating phase related clocks, includes delaying a clock input by a cycle delay magnitude to generate a cycle delay signal and N delay taps is disclosed. Each delay...
7557561 Electronic device, circuit and test apparatus  
There is provided an electronic device for receiving an input data signal and an input clock signal that indicates a timing to obtain the input data signal. The electronic device includes a first...
7554371 Delay locked loop  
A delay locked loop for generating an internal clock signal locked to an external clock signal includes: a phase detector for detecting a phase difference between the external clock signal and the...
7535275 High-performance memory interface circuit architecture  
A programmable memory interface circuit includes a programmable DLL delay chain, a phase offset control circuit and a programmable DQS delay chain. The DLL delay chain uses a set of serially...
7535274 Delay control circuit  
A delay control circuit includes a first delay unit, a signal regulation unit, a selector and a second delay unit. The first delay unit is used for delaying an input signal and generates a delayed...
7532051 Method and apparatus for selection of an internal or external time delay  
A time delay circuit in a battery protection chip for an internal time delay or external time delay selection is disclosed. The protection chip has a selective pin for choosing the internal time...
7532050 Delay locked loop circuit and method  
A delay locked loop includes initialization circuitry that ensures that a DLL is initialized to an operating point that is not to close to either end of a delay vs. control voltage characteristic....
7525356 Low-power, programmable multi-stage delay cell  
A system, apparatus and method for delaying a signal, such as a high-speed signal are disclosed. A multi-stage delay cell is described in which the amount of delay applied to a signal depends on...
7525364 Delay control circuit  
A first variable delay circuit delays an input signal, introduces a first delay into a first edge of the input signal, and generates a first delay signal. A second variable delay circuit delays the...
7525363 Delay line and delay lock loop  
A delay line comprises first and second delay arrays and a multiplexer. The first delay array receives a clock signal and a delay control signal, and delays the clock signal to output a first delay...
7525354 Local coarse delay units  
Methods, circuits, devices, and systems are provided, including embodiments with local coarse delay units. One embodiment includes generating a first delayed signal, a second delayed signal, and a...
7522686 CMOS burst mode clock data recovery circuit using frequency tracking method  
Provided is a burst mode clock data recovery circuit for extracting clock information and data information from transmitted data to process data synchronized with clock. The circuit includes a...
7519087 Frequency multiply circuit using SMD, with arbitrary multiplication factor  
Disclosed is a frequency multiply circuit for outputting an output signal obtained by variably multiplying the frequency of an input signal includes a synchronous delay circuit, a multiplexing...
7514974 Method and apparatus for adjusting on-chip delay with power supply control  
An apparatus and method are provided for powering an integrated circuit chip with a supply voltage generated externally to the chip. An on-chip clock signal is generated with a ring oscillator...
7515003 Filter-based lock-in circuits for PLL and fast system startup  
All embodiments of the present invention basically include an upper transistor and a lower transistor connected in series between a power supply and ground. The upper transistor and the lower...
7511544 Digital DLL circuit for an interface circuit in a semiconductor memory  
A digital DLL circuit includes: a first register configured to hold a delay specifying value to specify a delay; a second register configured to specify a correction value for a gate delay inside...
7508245 Lock detector and delay-locked loop having the same  
A lock detector of a delay-locked loop (DLL) includes a lock detection unit and a bias unit. The lock detection unit generates a charge control signal based on a reference current received from an...
7501869 Low power, low phase jitter, and duty cycle error insensitive clock receiver architecture and circuits for source synchronous digital data communication  
A clock receiver architecture for source synchronous digital data communication, the receiver including a forwarded clock amplifier to provide the received forwarded clock signal to a plurality of...
7495489 Frequency multiplying delay-locked loop  
Frequency multiplying delay-locked loop techniques are described in which a plurality of phase shifted signals are generated utilizing a delay-locked loop circuit having a clock multiplication, the...