Abstract: Semiconductor devices, a system including said semiconductor devices and methods thereof are provided. An example semiconductor device may receive data scheduled for transmission, scramble an order of bits within the received data, the scrambled order arranged in accordance with a given pseudo-random sequence. The received data may be balanced such that a difference between a first number of the bits within the received data equal to a first logic level and a second number of bits within the received data equal to a second logic level is below a threshold. The balanced and scrambled received data may then be transmitted. The example semiconductor device may perform the scrambling and balancing operations in any order. Likewise, on a receiving end, another semiconductor device may decode the original data by unscrambling and unbalancing the transmitted data. The unscrambling and unbalancing operations may be performed in an order based upon the order in which the transmitted data is scrambled and balanced.

Abstract: A system including a plurality of transmission lines, a transmitter outputting respective signals to each of the plurality of transmission lines, a receiver receiving each of the plurality of signals via respective transmission lines, the receiver including a connection path connected to a termination voltage, a plurality of termination circuits distributed along the connection path, each termination circuit receiving a unique termination voltage from the connection path, receiving a respective signal and outputting a terminated input signal, a reference voltage generator including multiple reference voltage generator units connected to a common voltage, each reference voltage generator unit uniquely receiving at least one unique termination voltage and outputting a reference voltage, and a plurality of data input buffers receiving respective signals and an appropriate reference voltage of the multiple reference voltages output from the reference voltage generator.

Abstract: A high-speed double or quadrature data rate interface semiconductor device and a method thereof are provided. A transmitter (e.g., a data transmitting semiconductor device) for high-speed data transmission transmits a first strobe signal and a second strobe signal, which have a phase difference of 90 degrees there-between, a first group (byte of) data, and a second group (byte of) data. The transmitter adjusts the phase of at least one of the first and second strobe signals based on phase-error information fed back from a receiver and then transmits the phase-adjusted strobe signal to the receiver. The receiver receives the first and second strobe signals from the transmitter and receives the first group (byte of) data and the second group (byte of) data using the first and second strobe signals. The receiver does not require a phase-locked loop (PLL) or a delay-locked loop (DLL), thereby decreasing the circuit area and power consumption of the receiver.

Abstract: We describe an input buffer having a stabilized operating point and an associated method. An input buffer may include a first differential amplifying unit to generate a first output signal having a first operating point and a second differential amplifying unit to generate a second output signal having a second operating point. An output control circuit varies respective weights of the first and second output signals responsive to an output control signal. The first differential amplifying unit may operate responsive to a reference voltage and an input voltage signal. The second differential amplifying unit may operate responsive to the reference voltage and the input voltage signal. The first operating point may be relatively higher than the second operating point.

Abstract: A latency signal generating method and a corresponding semiconductor memory device, among other things, are disclosed. Such a method includes: receiving a clock signal for the semiconductor memory device; receiving a mode characterization signal; providing the DQS; and adapting the duration of a preamble state of the DQS according to the mode characterization signal to promote conformance of a strobe state of the DQS with the clock signal.