KR20140078301A - data input/output apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a data input / output device for a stand-by operation and includes a plurality of drivers capable of performing a stand-by operation; And a plurality of control signals for controlling input and output timings of data for each of a plurality of drivers and a pulse control for generating a common enable signal which is commonly connected to a plurality of drivers to control a desk operation according to a desk mode signal And a signal generator.
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The present invention relates to semiconductor circuits, and more particularly to data input / output techniques.
A serial to diserial (SERDES) scheme is used to reduce the number of global lines, which are signal lines for transferring data from a semiconductor device, particularly a semiconductor memory device, to a data output pad in half. A typical SERDES method is a method in which the number of bits of data input / output simultaneously is sequentially transferred to a global line. For example, in the case of outputting 8-bit data at the same time, the number of global lines can be reduced by dividing by 4 bits and sequentially transmitting to 4 global lines.
In a conventional semiconductor memory device, a burst length (BL) fixed by a mode register set (MRS) is 8, or a burst length (BL) is 8 or On the fly BL8 OTF) is activated, two signals are required to perform two data accesses to one global line. Generally, one access pulse control signal is generated by an external command, and the second access pulse control signal is generated by delaying the first access pulse control signal so that data is transferred to each access pulse control signal Sync twice. That is, two access pulse control signals must be generated by one external command. On the other hand, when the burst length BL is 4 or On the fly BL8 (OTF) is inactivated, one access pulse control signal is generated by one external command.
Hereinafter, a conventional data input / output device will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a block diagram of a data input / output device in a conventional semiconductor memory device.
1, a data input / output device in a conventional semiconductor memory device includes a
The
The control
2 is a timing diagram of a data input / output device in a read operation in the conventional semiconductor memory device of FIG.
Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 1, in the case of the first section (1) of BL = 8 operation for the
Only the third pulse control signal CASP_BKB for the
As described above, the data input / output device of the prior art requires pulse control signals of two different timings for controlling the GIO driver in each bank of the semiconductor memory device, which is a unit in which the deserial operation is performed. Therefore, There is a problem that wiring for a pulse control signal necessary for the desk operation increases and becomes complicated.
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data input / output device capable of reducing the wiring for the pulse control signal used in the write operation, simplifying the wiring complexity, and increasing the net die.
A data input / output device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first driver capable of performing a despread operation in response to a first control signal and a common enable signal; A second driver capable of performing a desk operation in response to a second control signal and a common enable signal; And a pulse control signal generator for outputting first and second control signals for controlling the input and output timings of the respective data of the first and second drivers and a common enable signal for controlling whether or not the desk operation is performed in accordance with the secondary mode signal can do.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data input / output apparatus comprising: a plurality of drivers capable of performing a desdeath operation; And a plurality of control signals for controlling input and output timings of data for each of a plurality of drivers and a pulse control for generating a common enable signal which is commonly connected to a plurality of drivers and which controls whether or not a desk operation is performed in accordance with the desk mode signal And a signal generator.
The embodiment according to the present invention based on the solution of the above-mentioned problem can increase the net die by reducing the area of the wiring occupied by the pulse control signal used for the desde operation and simplifying it.
1 is a block diagram of a data input / output circuit in a conventional semiconductor memory device.
2 is a timing chart of a data input / output circuit in a read operation in the conventional semiconductor memory device of FIG. 1
3 is a block diagram of a data input / output circuit in a semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a circuit diagram showing one embodiment of the first and second strobe signal generators 170 and 270 of FIG.
5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the pulse control signal generator (FIG. 3, 300) of FIG.
6 is a timing chart of a data input / output circuit in a read operation in the semiconductor memory device according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order to facilitate a person skilled in the art to easily carry out the technical idea of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a data input / output circuit in a semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The conventional data input / output device independently supplies two pulse control signals having different timings for each GIO driver in order to perform data access twice. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, one pulse control signal is independently supplied for each GIO driver, and the other one pulse control signal is shared by the GIO drivers so that they can be controlled.
3, a data input / output circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a
In the following description, when the
The bank A (100) and the bank B (200) are memory cell arrays of a fixed size of the semiconductor memory device, and the desde operation can be performed on a bank basis. And a
The
The first
The
The
The second
The
In the first and second GIO drivers (FIGS. 3, 150 and 250), the first and second strobe generators (FIGS. 3, 151 and 251) may be designed with the following circuit diagram. For reference, the first and
4 is a circuit diagram showing one embodiment of the first and second
4, the first and second control signals NEW_CASP_BKA and NEW_CASP_BKB, the common enable ICASP_EN, and the first to fourth strobe signals DRVA_1, DRVA_2, DRVB_1 and DRVB_2 are all at a high level It is assumed that it is activated.
Referring to FIG. 4A, the circuit for generating the first and third strobe signals DRVA_1 and DRVB_1 includes a first inverter INV1 receiving the first or second control signals NEW_CASP_BKA and NEW_CASP_BKB, A second inverter INV2 receiving the output of the first NAND gate NAND1 and a second inverter INV2 receiving one of the two control signals NEW_CASP_BKA and NEW_CASP_BKB and a common enable ICASP_EN, And a NOR gate NOR1 receiving the outputs of the first and second inverters INV1 and INV2 and outputting the first or third strobe signals DRVA_1 and DRVB_1.
Referring again to FIG. 4 (b), the circuit for generating the second and fourth strobe signals DRVA_2 and DRVB_2 generates one of the first or second control signals NEW_CASP_BKA and NEW_CASP_BKB and a common enable ICASP_EN And a third inverter INV3 receiving the outputs of the second NAND gate NAND2 and the second NAND gate NAND2 receiving the inputs and outputting the second or fourth strobe signals DRVA_2 and DRVB_2.
Here, the signals for the
Referring again to FIG. 3, the pulse
Here, the first control signal NEW_CASP_BKA is input to the
The pulse control signal generator (FIG. 3, 300) may be designed in the following circuit diagram.
5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the pulse control signal generator (FIG. 3, 300) of FIG.
5, the first and second control signals NEW_CASP_BKA and NEW_CASP_BKB, the common enable ICASP_EN, the bank selection signals BK <0: 1>, and the sustained mode signals BL8 and the like All signals are assumed to be activated at a high level unless otherwise noted.
5, the
5 (c), the internal column address strobe pulse ICASP, the internal common enable ICASPEN_I, the column address strobe pulse CASP, and the bank select signal (NEW_CASP_BKA, NEW_CASP_BKB) and a common enable (ICASP_EN) in response to the first and second control signals BK <0: 1>.
More specifically, when the first bank select signal (BK < 0 >), which is the address signal of the bank A, is activated to a high level, the OR gate (BK <0>) to the other end of the first AND gate (AND1) and outputs the first control signal (BK <0>) to the other end of the first AND gate NEW_CASP_BKA). The OR gate OR receiving the column address strobe pulse CASP and the internal column address strobe pulse ICASP when the second bank selection signal BK <1>, which is the address signal of the bank B, And outputs the second control signal NEW_CASP_BKB to the other end of the second AND gate AND2 by receiving the second bank selection signal BK <1> to the other end of the second AND gate AND2 do. The common enable ICASP_EN delays the internal common enable ICASPEN_I and its delay value is most preferably the delay value of the OR gate OR and the first AND gate AND1 ) And the delay value of the second AND gate (AND2)).
Hereinafter, the overall operation of the data input / output circuit (FIG. 3) according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 6 is a timing chart of a data input / output circuit in a read operation in the semiconductor memory device according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3; FIG.
Referring to FIGS. 6 and 3, when the first mode in which the bank A (Figures 3 and 100) requires a stand-by operation (for example, when the burst mode is 8 and the des-mode signal BL8 is activated The pulse control signal generator (FIG. 3, 300) supplies the first control signal NEW_CASP_BKA activated twice and the activated common enable ICASP_EN in the first section (1). The
The second period (2) is a case of the second mode in which the
The third section (3) is a second mode in which the bank A (100) is not required to perform a stand-by operation, and the fourth section (4) Mode, it is the same as the above-described description, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
As described above, the data input / output circuit according to the embodiment of the present invention independently uses one control signal for each GIO driver for the desert operation, and by commonly using another control signal, It is possible to reduce the area occupied by the wiring and simplify the wiring complexity, thereby increasing the net die.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims and their equivalents. Only. It is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. .
100: Bank A
150: 1st GIO driver
200: bank B
250: Second GIO driver
300: Pulse control signal generator
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A second driver capable of performing a desk operation in response to a second control signal and the common enable signal; And
A pulse control signal generation unit for outputting the first and second control signals for controlling the input and output timings of the respective data of the first and second drivers and the common enable signal activated in the stand-
A data input / output device
The input / output timing of each data of the first or second control signal is
Is synchronized with a timing at which the first or second control signal is activated.
The first or second control signal
The data input / output device is activated once when it is not in the stand-by operation mode, and is activated twice when it is in the stand-by operation mode.
The common enable signal
And a period during which the first or second control signal is activated during a second dead time operation mode includes a second active period of the first or second control signal.
The driver
A first strobe generator for outputting first and second strobe signals according to the common enable signal and the control signal; And
A switching driver for outputting first data according to the first strobe signal and for outputting second data according to the second strobe signal,
And a data input / output device
A pulse control signal generator for generating a plurality of control signals for respectively controlling input and output timings of data for each of the plurality of drivers and a common enable signal connected in common to the plurality of drivers and activated in a desk operation mode,
A data input / output device
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