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Clock generation circuit, control method of clock generation circuit, clock reproducing circuit, semiconductor memory device, and dynamic random access memory

US6437619B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 13, 2001
Grant dateAug 20, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L2207/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A DLL circuit or the like is configured so as to be capable of measuring the optimum number of cycles for a delay amount from the input of an external clock to the output of data through the use of a variable delay circuit and performing lock according to the measured number of cycles, whereby a clock generation circuit having a wide lock range can be implemented regardless of the performance of the variable delay circuit and a clock access time.

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