Delay locked loop device of the semiconductor circuit

Claim 2

A Delay Locked Loop device comprising: delay means for receiving an external clock and generating an internal clock, said delay means having a first to Nth delay elements delaying the received external clock in order to match the phase of the external clock with the phase of the internal clock; phase detector for outputting a detect signal discriminating the difference between the phase of the internal clock and phase of the external clock; counter for receiving the detect signal from the phase detector and outputting a first control signal and a second control signal, said first control signal controlling the phase of the internal clock generated from the delay means; and charge pump for generating a pump voltage having a desired voltage level in accordance with said second control signal, said pump voltage controlling said first to Nth delay elements of the delay means; wherein the frequency of the external clock is identical with the frequency of the internal clock, and the internal clock generated from the delay means is one of the output signal from the first to Nth delay elements in accordance with the first control signal from the counter.

Claim 3

The Delay Locked Loop device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a filter for receiving the pump voltage outputted from the charge pump and generating a noiseless pump voltage by eliminating the noise in the pump voltage.

Claim 4

The Delay Locked Loop device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said delay means further comprising: a multiplexer for receiving simultaneously N delay signals outputted from each of the first to Nth delay elements and outputting one of the N delay signals as the internal clock in accordance with the first control signal from the counter.

Claim 5

A Delay Locked Loop device comprising: delay means for receiving an external clock and generating an internal clock, said delay means having a first to Nth delay elements delaying the received external clock in order to match the phase of the external clock with the phase of the internal clock; phase detector for outputting a detect signal discriminating the difference between the phase of the internal clock and phase of the external clock; counter for receiving the detect signal from the phase detector, outputting a first control signal to control the phase of the internal clock generated from the delay means, and outputting a second control signal to control the delay range of the delay means when the phase difference between the phase of the external clock and the phase of the internal clock exceeds the delay range of the delay means; and charge pump for receiving the second control signal outputted from the counter and generating pump voltage which controls the delay means, said charge pump enabling the phase difference between the phase of the external clock and phase of the internal clock to exist within the delay range of the first to Nth delay means, wherein the frequency of the external clock is identical with the frequency of the internal clock, and the internal clock generated from the delay means is one of the output signal from the first to Nth delay elements in response to the first control signal from the counter.

Claim 6

A Delay Locked Loop device comprising: delay means for receiving an external clock and generating an internal clock, said delay means having a first to Nth delay elements delaying the received external clock in order to match the phase of the external clock with the phase of the internal clock; phase detector for outputting a detect signal discriminating the difference between the phase of the internal clock and phase of the external clock; counter for receiving the detect signal from the phase detector, outputting a first control signal to control the phase of the internal clock generated from the delay means, and outputting a second control signal to control the delay range of the delay means when the phase difference between the phase of the external clock and the phase of the internal clock exceeds the delay range of the delay means; and charge pump for receiving the second control signal outputted from the counter and generating pump voltage which controls the delay means, said charge pump enabling the phase difference between the phase of the external clock and phase of the internal clock to exist within the delay range of the first to Nth delay means, wherein the frequency of the external clock is identical with the frequency of the internal clock, and the internal clock generated from the delay means is one of the output signal from the first to Nth delay elements in response to the first control signal from the counter.

Claim 7

The Delay Locked Loop device as set forth in claim 4, further comprising a filter for receiving the pump voltage outputted from the charge pump and generating a noiseless pump voltage by eliminating the noise in the pump voltage.

Claim 8

The Delay Locked Loop device as set forth in claim 4, wherein said delay means further comprising: a multiplexer for receiving N delay signals outputted from each of the first to Nth delay elements and outputting one of the N delay signals as the internal clock in response to the first control signal from the counter.