Semiconductor integrated circuit operable and programmable at multiple
voltage levels
    18.
    发明授权
    Semiconductor integrated circuit operable and programmable at multiple voltage levels 失效
    半导体集成电路在多个电压电平下可操作和可编程

    公开(公告)号:US5615151A

    公开(公告)日:1997-03-25

    申请号:US478334

    申请日:1995-06-07

    CPC分类号: G11C5/143

    摘要: Any one of the internal circuits of a semiconductor integrated circuit is made to operate both at a relatively high operating voltage having a predetermined allowable range and at a relatively low operating voltage also having a predetermined allowable range. The operating voltage is supplied from the outside. Moreover, the operating conditions of the internal circuits constituting the semiconductor integrated circuit are individually set restrictive to the relatively high operating voltage having a predetermined allowable range and to the relatively low operating voltage having a predetermined allowable range. The semiconductor integrated circuit is made to operate selectively at these operating voltages. Since the internal circuits are operated at these two kinds of operating voltages, an arrangement of internal circuits can be simplified and at the same time the semiconductor integrated circuit is usable in not only the conventional system but also a low-voltage one. Moreover, an operating method of the sort that conforms to specifications restrictive to both the relatively high operating voltage as used in the conventional system and the low-voltage system renders extendable a range of uses of such a semiconductor integrated circuit simple in construction.

    摘要翻译: 使得半导体集成电路的任何一个内部电路在具有预定允许范围的相对较高的工作电压下工作,并在具有预定允许范围的较低工作电压下工作。 工作电压由外部供电。 此外,构成半导体集成电路的内部电路的工作条件被分别设定为具有预定容许范围的较高工作电压和具有预定容许范围的较低工作电压。 使半导体集成电路在这些工作电压下选择性地工作。 由于内部电路以这两种工作电压工作,所以可以简化内部电路的布置,并且同时半导体集成电路不仅可以用于常规的系统,而且可以用于低电压。 此外,符合规范的规范的操作方法限于常规系统和低压系统中使用的相对较高的工作电压,使得这种半导体集成电路简单结构的使用范围可以扩展。