Timing signal generating circuit, semiconductor integrated circuit device and semiconductor integrated circuit system to which the timing signal generating circuit is applied, and signal transmission system

摘要

A semiconductor integrated circuit device (20) has a command decoder (1) for issuing a control command (CNT) in accordance with a supplied control signal, a DRAM core (3), and a timing adjusting circuit (22) for supplying the control command, set active for a predetermined period, as a DRAM control signal to the DRAM core (3). The timing adjusting circuit (22) generates n different clocks that are respectively shifted in phase with respect to a supplied reference clock (CLKi), and generates the DRAM control signal (CNT) by setting the control command active in a prescribed operation cycle for only a period starting at a first predetermined clock pulse of a first clock of the n clocks and ending at a second predetermined clock pulse of a second clock of the n clocks. In this way, timing design with relatively high accuracy of adjustment can be done in a short period.