Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Logic circuit and semiconductor device including logic circuit
- Patent Title (中): 逻辑电路和半导体器件包括逻辑电路
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Application No.: US14944262Application Date: 2015-11-18
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Publication No.: US09438234B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Yukio Maehashi , Wataru Uesugi
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LTD.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Agent Jeffrey L. Costellia
- Priority: JP2014-236763 20141121
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00 ; H03K3/356 ; H03K19/173 ; H03K19/177 ; H03K19/0185 ; H03K3/3562 ; G11C19/28 ; G11C19/18 ; G11C11/24 ; G11C11/34

Abstract:
A logic circuit that can retain a state even without power supply is provided. The logic circuit includes a first circuit, a pair of retention circuits, and a second circuit. The pair of retention circuits includes two switches electrically connected to each other in series and a capacitor electrically connected to a connection portion of the two switches. Each of the two switches is formed using an oxide semiconductor transistor. The first circuit has a function of generating complementary data from a piece of input data. The pair of retention circuits retains the complementary data. The second circuit has a function of amplifying the complementary data retained in the pair of retention circuits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160149573A1 LOGIC CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING LOGIC CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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