A clock phase correction circuit
A clock phase correction circuit for a semiconductor memory device reduces all lock ranges by using a half-mixer to a conventional delay locked loop (DLL) circuit, and thus generates a clock signal having a fast lock time and a very small jitter. In order to achieve this objective, a track portion h...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English |
Published |
11.12.2000
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Edition | 7 |
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Summary: | A clock phase correction circuit for a semiconductor memory device reduces all lock ranges by using a half-mixer to a conventional delay locked loop (DLL) circuit, and thus generates a clock signal having a fast lock time and a very small jitter. In order to achieve this objective, a track portion having a plurality of phase converters and one half-mixer is provided between an input terminal of external clock and an input terminal of a delay means of the conventional DLL circuit, and approaches the phase of the external clock to a phase of the feedback clock. A phase difference between the corrected signal and the feedback clock is then reduced by the conventional DLL circuit. As a result, lock time becomes shorter, and the magnitude of a jitter becomes reduced. |
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Bibliography: | Application Number: TW19990108592 |