摘要:
There is provided a semiconductor device supplied with internal power generated by an internal power generation circuit to perform a stable operation and, also, suppress power consumption. A control circuit, a row/column decoder and a sense amplifier are driven by an internal buck voltage. On the other hand, a data path with high power consumption is driven by an external power supply voltage. A level conversion circuit receives an address signal or a command signal having a voltage level of the external power supply voltage, converts the voltage level to the internal buck voltage, and outputs a resultant signal to the control circuit. A level conversion circuit receives a control signal having a voltage level of the internal buck voltage from the control circuit, converts the voltage level to the external power supply voltage, and outputs a resultant signal to the data path.
摘要:
There is provided a semiconductor device supplied with internal power generated by an internal power generation circuit to perform a stable operation and, also, suppress power consumption. A control circuit, a row/column decoder and a sense amplifier are driven by an internal buck voltage. On the other hand, a data path with high power consumption is driven by an external power supply voltage. A level conversion circuit receives an address signal or a command signal having a voltage level of the external power supply voltage, converts the voltage level to the internal buck voltage, and outputs a resultant signal to the control circuit. A level conversion circuit receives a control signal having a voltage level of the internal buck voltage from the control circuit, converts the voltage level to the external power supply voltage, and outputs a resultant signal to the data path.
摘要:
An internal power supply voltage generation circuit includes a main amplifier that supplies a current from an external power supply node to an internal power supply line in accordance with the difference between a reference voltage from a reference voltage generation circuit and an internal power supply voltage on the internal power supply line. The current supply amount by the main amplifier is adjusted by a level adjust circuit, according to the difference between the external power supply voltage and the reference voltage. The internal power supply voltage generation circuit can suppress reduction in the internal power supply voltage in the vicinity of the lower limit area of the differential power supply voltage.
摘要:
In this semiconductor memory device, a potential clamping region having no insulation layer formed therein is provided in an insulation layer. More specifically, the potential clamping region is formed under a body portion at a position near a first impurity region, and extends to a first semiconductor layer. A body fixing portion is formed in a boundary region between the body portion and the potential clamping region. This structure enables improvement in operation performance without increasing the layout area in the case where a DRAM cell is formed in a SOI (Silicon On Insulator) structure.
摘要:
In a potential interconnection layer, when viewed from a plane, a plurality of power supply potential regions and ground potential regions are alternately provided, with an interlayer insulation layer lying therebetween. A contact plug penetrating a second insulation layer is provided to electrically connect a source/drain (S/D) region on one side of a selected field effect transistor with a selected power supply potential region. Similarly, a contact plug penetrating the second insulation layer is provided to electrically connect a source/drain (S/D) region on the other side of another selected field effect transistor with a selected ground potential region. By employing this structure, a semiconductor device having a plurality of semiconductor circuits in which a power supply potential and a ground potential can be stabilized regardless of the cross-sectional structure of the semiconductor device is provided.
摘要:
The clock-generating circuit for generating a clock signal, includes a ring oscillator having an odd number of inverters connected in a ring configuration. The ring oscillator is activated to generate a clock signal when an activating signal is at a first level and is de-activated to cease generation of the clock signal when the activating signal is at a second level. A latch circuit is connected to an output node of the ring oscillator, and holds a level of the output node of the ring oscillator in response to transition of the activating signal from the first level to the second level. When the activating signal is lowered from the H level to the L level, the level of the clock signal is latched such that generation of a glitch in the clock signal will be prevented from occurring.
摘要:
A capacitor (C12) is connected between a node (L) in a double boost part and the ground, and the amplitude of a repetitive pulse from the node (L) is made less than twice that of the power-supply voltage through utilization of charge and discharge of the capacitor (C12).
摘要:
A sense signal IVOFF is generated by a power supply level sense circuit with an external power supply potential Ext.Vcc1 as the operating power supply potential to sense the level of an external power supply potential Ext.Vcc2. By suppressing generation of an internal power supply potential or fixing the internal node by the sense signal IVOFF, the through current at the time of power on can be reduced.
摘要:
A control circuit portion which controls the operations of memory cells is concentrated in a central portion and heat radiation plates are placed thereon via adhesive. A semiconductor integrated circuit having a function of the MPU or the like is placed above the control circuit portion via a bump electrode. The control circuit portion and a memory block are formed on separate chips respectively.
摘要:
A voltage generating circuit of the present invention includes a charge pump regulator and a voltage converting circuit. Charge pump regulator receives Ext.Vcc and a ground voltage as inputs and outputs a negative voltage Vbb1. Charge pump regulator receives Int.Vcc and negative voltage Vbb1 as inputs and outputs negative voltage Vbb2(