Semiconductor devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9330741-B2
Application number	US-201414465996-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2014
Priority date	Feb 18, 2014
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A semiconductor device including a data aligner that aligns input data in response to internal strobe signals obtained by dividing a data strobe signal to generate a first alignment data and a second alignment data. The semiconductor device may also include a phase sensor that generates a control clock signal in response to a clock signal and senses phases of the internal strobe signals with the control clock signal to generate a selection signal, and a data selector that selectively outputs the first and second alignment data as a first selection alignment data and a second selection alignment data in response to the selection signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a data aligner suitable for aligning input data in response to internal strobe signals obtained by dividing a data strobe signal to generate first alignment data and second alignment data;
a phase sensor suitable for generating a control clock signal in response to a clock signal and suitable for sensing phases of the internal strobe signals with the control clock signal to generate a selection signal; and
a data selector suitable for selectively outputting the first and second alignment data as a first selection alignment data and a second selection alignment data in response to the selection signal.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 ,
wherein the phase sensor includes a control clock generator suitable for generating first and second internal clock signals from the clock signal and suitable for generating the control clock signal having a pulse width corresponding to a phase difference between the first and second internal clock signals.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 ,
wherein a pulse of the first internal clock signal occurs at a point of time when a write latency and an integer number times a cycle of the clock signal elapse from a moment when a write command signal is inputted, and a pulse of the second internal clock signal occurs at a point of time when a write latency and another integer number times a cycle of the clock signal elapse from a moment when a write command signal is inputted.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the control clock signal has a pulse width corresponding to a period from a rising edge of the first internal clock signal until a rising edge of the second internal clock signal.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the phase sensor further includes a delay unit suitable for retarding the internal strobe signals to generate a delayed strobe signal and a complementary delayed strobe signal.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the phase sensor further includes a latch synthesizer suitable for latching the control clock signal in synchronization with the delayed strobe signal and the complementary delayed strobe signal to generate a first latch signal and a second latch signal and suitable for generating the selection signal in response to the first and second latch signals.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the latch synthesizer includes:
a first latch unit suitable for latching the control clock signal in synchronization with the delayed strobe signal to generate the first latch signal;
a second latch unit suitable for latching the control clock signal in synchronization with the complementary delayed strobe signal to generate the second latch signal; and
a selection signal generator suitable for synthesizing the first and second latch signals to generate the selection signal.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , further comprising a data input clock generator suitable for shifting the first and second latch signals to generate a first shift signal and a second shift signal and suitable for generating a data input clock signal in response to the first and second shift signals.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the data input clock generator includes:
a first shifter suitable for shifting the first latch signal to generate the first shift signal;
a second shifter suitable for shifting the second latch signal to generate the second shift signal; and
a synthesizer suitable for synthesizing the first and second shift signals to generate the data input clock signal.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , further comprising an internal data generator suitable for latching the first and second selection alignment data in response to the data input clock signal to generate internal data.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 6 ,
wherein the selection signal is set to have a first level in response to the first latch signal, and the selection signal is set to have a second level in response to the second latch signal.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 11 ,
wherein the data selector outputs the first alignment data as the first selection alignment data and outputs the second alignment data as the second selection alignment data when the selection signal is set to have the first level, and
the data selector outputs the first alignment data as the second selection alignment data and outputs the second alignment data as the first selection alignment data when the selection signal is set to have the second level.

13. A semiconductor device comprising:
a data aligner suitable for aligning input data in response to internal strobe signals obtained by dividing a data strobe signal to generate first alignment data and second alignment data; and
a data controller suitable for generating a control clock signal in response to a clock signal, suitable for sensing phases of the internal strobe signals with the control clock signal to generate a first latch signal, a second latch signal and a selection signal, and suitable for generating a data input clock signal for generation of internal data in response to the first and second latch signals.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 13 ,
wherein the phase sensor includes a control clock generator suitable for generating first and second internal clock signals from the clock signal and suitable for generating the control clock signal having a pulse width corresponding to a phase difference between the first and second internal clock signals.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 ,
wherein a pulse of the first internal clock signal occurs at a point of time when a write latency and an integer number times a cycle of the clock signal elapse from a moment when a write command signal is inputted, and a pulse of the second internal clock signal occurs at a point of time when a write latency and another integer number times a cycle of the clock signal elapse from a moment when a write command signal is inputted.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the control clock signal has a pulse width corresponding to a period from a rising edge of the first internal clock signal until a rising edge of the second internal clock signal.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the data controller includes:
a delay unit suitable for retarding the internal strobe signals to generate a delayed strobe signal and a complementary delayed strobe signal; and
a latch synthesizer suitable for latching the control clock signal in synchronization with the delayed strobe signal and the complementary delayed strobe signal to generate the first and second latch signals and suitable for generating the selection signal in response to the first and second latch signals.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the data controller includes a data input clock generator suitable for shifting the first and second latch signals to generate a first shift signal and a second shift signal and suitable for generating the data input clock signal in response to the first and second shift signals.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 13 , further comprising a data selector suitable for selectively outputting the first and second alignment data as a first selection alignment data and a second selection alignment data in response to the selection signal.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 19 , further comprising an internal data generator suitable for latching the first and second selection alignment da

Assignees

• Sk Hynix Inc

Inventors

• Song Keun Soo

Classifications

• G11C7/222 Primary

  Clock generating, synchronizing or distributing circuits within memory device · CPC title

• G11C7/1093

  Input synchronization · CPC title