Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Logic circuit, processing unit, electronic component, and electronic device
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Application No.: US16208656Application Date: 2018-12-04
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Publication No.: US10453863B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Wataru Uesugi , Hikaru Tamura , Atsuo Isobe
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-209506 20141010
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00 ; H01L27/12 ; H01L29/786 ; G11C7/04 ; H01L29/04 ; H01L29/78 ; H01L49/02 ; H03K19/0185

Abstract:
A retention circuit provided in a logic circuit enables power gating. The retention circuit includes a first terminal, a node, a capacitor, and first to third transistors. The first transistor controls electrical connection between the first terminal and an input terminal of the logic circuit. The second transistor controls electrical connection between an output terminal of the logic circuit and the node. The third transistor controls electrical connection between the node and the input terminal of the logic circuit. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor. In a data retention period, the node becomes electrically floating. The voltage of the node is held by the capacitor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190221586A1 LOGIC CIRCUIT, PROCESSING UNIT, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-07-18
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