Semiconductor memory apparatus

• US 8,856,410 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2011
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Incorporated (SK Hynix Inc.)
• Original Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
• Inventors: Park, Nak Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Alrobaye, Idriss N
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A.
• Application Number:
  US13/219,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20120254650A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,137 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 710/71
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 2207/107 Serial-parallel conversion of data or prefetch
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 2207/2272 Latency related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/1012 Data reordering during input/output, e.g. crossbars, layers of multiplexers, shifting or rotating
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/222 Clock generating, synchronizing or distributing circuits within memory device

Abstract

A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a synchronized signal generation circuit, a serial-to-parallel data conversion unit and a data storage region. The synchronized signal generation unit outputs one of a data input/output strobe signal and a delay locked clock signal as synchronized signals in response to a control signal in a write operation. The serial-to-parallel data conversion unit converts serial data into parallel data in response to the synchronized signals. The parallel data is stored in the data storage region.

Claims

1. A semiconductor memory apparatus comprising:

a serial-to-parallel data conversion unit configured to convert serial data into parallel data in response to a rising synchronized signal and a falling synchronized signal;

a driver configured to drive a data input/output strobe signal and generate a first rising preliminary synchronized signal and a first falling preliminary synchronized signal;

a preliminary synchronized signal generation unit configured to output a second rising preliminary synchronized signal and a second falling preliminary synchronized signal based on a delay locked clock signal at an enable timing of an active signal and a read signal or of the active signal and a write signal in a write operation in response to one or more of a frequency detection signal, a write latency signal, a read latency signal and a control signal; and

a data synchronized signal generation unit configured to output the rising synchronized signal and the falling synchronized signal based on either the first rising and falling preliminary synchronized signals or the second rising or falling preliminary synchronized signals in response to the control signal.

2. The semiconductor memory apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control signal is a mode register set signal.

3. The semiconductor memory apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the driver receives the data input/output strobe signal and generates the first rising preliminary synchronized signal and the first falling preliminary synchronized signal which have opposite phases to each other.

4. The semiconductor memory apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the serial-to-parallel data conversion unit comprises a plurality of flip-flops which are connected in series, and

wherein the plurality of flip-flops receive the serial data and output the parallel data in response to the rising synchronized signal or the falling synchronized signal.

5. The semiconductor memory apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the preliminary synchronized signal generation unit outputs the second rising preliminary synchronized signal and the second falling preliminary synchronized signal based on the delay locked clock signal at the enable timing of the active signal or the read signal in response to the frequency detection signal and the read latency signal in the read operation.

6. The semiconductor memory apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the preliminary synchronized signal generation unit outputs the second rising preliminary synchronized signal and the second falling preliminary synchronized signal based on the delay locked clock signal at the enable timing of the active signal or the write signal in response to the frequency detection signal and the write latency signal in the write operation when the control signal is enabled.

7. The semiconductor memory apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second rising preliminary synchronized signal and the second falling preliminary synchronized signal are out of phase.

8. The semiconductor memory apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the preliminary synchronized signal generation unit comprises:

a timing control section configured to output a delay locked rising clock signal and a delay locked falling clock signal based on the delay locked clock signal at the enable timing of the active signal or the enable timings of the read signal and the write signal in response to one or more of the frequency detection signal, the read latency signal, the write latency signal and the control signal; and

an output control section configured to output the second rising preliminary synchronized signal and the second falling preliminary synchronized signal based on the delay locked rising clock signal and the delay locked falling clock signal as or to lock the second rising preliminary synchronized signal and the second falling preliminary synchronized signal to a specified level, in response to the control signal.

9. The semiconductor memory apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the timing control section comprises:

an output enable signal generation part configured to generate an output enable signal which is enabled at the enable timing of the active signal or the enable timings of the read signal and the write signal, in response to one or more of the frequency detection signal, the read latency signal, the write latency signal and the control signal; and

an output part configured to output the delay locked clock signal as the delay locked rising clock signal and the delay locked falling clock signal when the output enable signal is enabled, or to lock each of the delay locked rising clock signal and the delay locked falling clock signal to a specified level when the output enable signal is disabled.