Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090072871 | VARIABLE DELAY CIRCUIT, DELAY TIME CONTROL METHOD AND UNIT CIRCUIT - Variable delay circuit constructed by connecting plural unit circuits in series which can change a delay time from input of signal until output of the signal by increasing or decreasing the number of unit circuits through which the signal concerned is passed. Each of the unit circuits is operable in a through operation mode in which a signal input from a unit circuit at the front stage is output to a unit circuit at the rear stage and also a signal input from a unit circuit at the rear stage is output to a unit circuit at the front stage and a feedback operation mode in which a signal input from a unit circuit at the front stage to a unit circuit at the front stage and a signal input from a unit circuit at the rear stage is output to a unit circuit at the rear stage. | 03-19-2009 |
20090077411 | MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT, DELAY TIME CONTROL DEVICE, AND DELAY TIME CONTROL METHOD - A memory control circuit has a write leveling function and controls read/write operations by supplying a clock signal to a plurality of memories through a clock signal line which is wired to the plurality of memories through daisy chain connection. For each of the plurality of memories, a first variable delay unit delays, in a write operation, a data strobe signal output to the memory by a first delay time that is set by utilizing the write leveling function and a second variable delay unit delays, in a read operation, a data signal input from the memory by a second delay time that is set based on the first delay time. | 03-19-2009 |
20120153988 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, CIRCUIT BOARD DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - In a semiconductor device, a selector selects a different reference voltage depending on whether the impedance of a transmitter or of a receiver is to be adjusted, and causes a reference voltage generator to generate the selected reference voltage. The reference voltage generator generates the reference voltage selected by the selector and applies the generated reference voltage to an impedance adjuster. The impedance adjuster adjusts the impedance of the transmitter and the impedance of the receiver, separately from each other, in accordance with the input reference voltage. | 06-21-2012 |
20120226884 | SIGNAL RESTORATION CIRCUIT, LATENCY ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT, MEMORY CONTROLLER, PROCESSOR, COMPUTER, SIGNAL RESTORATION METHOD, AND LATENCY ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A signal restoration circuit includes a storage configured to store input signals by disposing the input signals in an input order, the input signals being readable from the storage in the disposed order, and a storage controller configured to control delay time from an input of the input signal to an output in the storage based on delay information of the input signal. | 09-06-2012 |
20120242385 | SIGNAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT, MEMORY CONTROLLER, PROCESSOR, COMPUTER, AND PHASE CONTROL METHOD - A signal receiving circuit includes a phase detection unit and a delay control unit. The phase detection unit detects a phase difference between a received signal and a clock signal. The delay control unit receives the phase difference, delays a phase of the received signal in a range not exceeding a delay amount determined by using a predetermined phase difference as a unit, and changes, when the phase difference exceeds the predetermined phase difference, a delay amount of the received signal by using the predetermined phase difference as a unit. | 09-27-2012 |
20130076428 | LEVEL CONVERTER AND PROCESSOR - A level converter includes a level conversion circuit, which is provided between a reference power supply line having a reference voltage level and a first power supply line coupled to a first power supply outputting a first voltage level, which inputs a first signal and outputs a second signal, the first signal having a first logic level and a second logic level, the second signal having a first logic level and a second logic level; a control signal generating circuit to output a control signal having the reference voltage level when a second power supply outputting the second voltage level is turned off and the first voltage level when the second power supply is turned on; and a coupling circuit to control an electrically connection between the first power supply line and an output node of the level conversion circuit based on the control signal. | 03-28-2013 |
20130257490 | DRIVER CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A PMOS output stage and an NMOS output stage of which output impedances are controlled in accordance with impedance codes, a gate control part which drives output transistors held by the PMOS output stage and the NMOS output stage, and a slew rate control part which generates bias voltages to control driving ability of the gate control part based on an input current are included, and manufacturing variability of an input current circuit generating an input current is corrected by using the impedance code by the slew rate control part. | 10-03-2013 |
20140068316 | DETERMINATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, DETERMINING APPARATUS, MEMORY CONTROLLER, SYSTEM, AND DETERMINATION METHOD - A determination support apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects a phase difference between a first clock signal and a second clock signal that is identical in frequency to the first clock signal; a control unit that controls delay of at least one among the first clock signal and the second clock signal such that the detected phase difference becomes less than a given amount; and an acquiring unit that acquires values of a given clock signal among the first clock signal and the second clock signal, among which at least one has been subject to delay control by the control unit, wherein the acquiring unit acquires the values of the given clock signal at a timing that is based on a clock signal that is other than the given clock signal and among the first clock signal and the second clock signal. | 03-06-2014 |
20140185391 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A semiconductor apparatus includes a phase detecting unit that continuously detects a first delay amount during a read operation, based on a phase difference between an external clock signal and an internal clock signal; a generating unit that generates a second control signal by delaying a first control signal by a second delay amount that when added to the first delay amount, the sum is a specific time period, a valid time period of the first control signal starts when the read operation starts and is at least to equal a read time for one data signal and less than the specific time period that is from the start of the read operation until output of a received data signal; and a delay control unit that delays the data signal by the first delay amount detected at a start of a valid time period of the generated second control signal. | 07-03-2014 |
20150032950 | SIGNAL CONTROL CIRCUIT, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DUTY RATIO CALCULATION METHOD - A signal control circuit includes: a delay acquisition circuit configured to obtain a first delay amount to be added to an input signal for aligning timing of rise of the input signal with timing of fall or rise of a reference signal and a second delay amount to be added to the input signal for aligning timing of fall of the input signal with timing of the fall or the rise of the reference signal; and a ratio calculation circuit configured to calculate a duty ratio of the input signal based on a difference between the first delay amount and the second delay amount. | 01-29-2015 |