摘要:
A constant current source is connected in series to a current source circuit including a MOS transistor which is used as a current source for a differential output amplifier circuit, an emitter follower circuit or a source follower circuit used with a semiconductor integrated circuit. In a multiplex circuit, an input signal is inputted to each of base terminals of a plurality of bipolar transistors. When one input signal is selected, the bipolar transistor corresponding to the selected input signal is made to be operable with an input signal from a signal input terminal by a control circuit. The bipolar transistors corresponding to the non-selection input signals are turned OFF irrespective of potential levels of the individual input signals by current drawing circuits. There is also disclosed a semiconductor memory circuit having a plurality of memory cells, a memory cell selection scheme and a sense amplifier for amplifying data outputted from the selected memory cell, in which a constant current circuit is provided in series connection to the sense amplifier to enhance the performance characteristics of the memory circuit. Also, a plural memory array scheme is disclosed which employs multiplexing techniques connected to presense amplifier circuits of the respective memory arrays.
摘要:
A multiplex circuit is disclosed in which a plurality of bipolar transistors are combined and in which the respective base terminals thereof are used as inputs, thereby to construct an emitter follower type multiplex circuit. In such an emitter follower type multiplex circuit, the multiplexing function of non-selection/selection is effected by controlling the base potential of the respective bipolar transistors by providing a MOS transistor between each base and a high potential of the power source through a resistor and a current drawing circuit. In accordance with such a scheme, when a selection of one input signal is made, the bipolar transistor corresponding thereto is permitted to turn ON on the basis of an input signal supplied to the base terminal thereof. The bipolar transistors corresponding to the non-selection input signals are maintained OFF, through activating the current drawing circuits associated therewith, irrespective of the potential levels of the incoming input signals supplied to the base terminals thereof. In the emitter follower type multiplex circuit, a constant current source is also provided between the commonly connected emitters of the bipolar transistors and the power source of low potential. The multiplex arrangement effected can be of the collector dot type multiplex circuit. Such multiplex circuits are used with a semiconductor integrated circuit such as a memory circuit.
摘要:
A logic circuit is provided for a memory device which can be operated at a high speed with a lower voltage power source level than conventional devices. This logic circuit can be used in a multi-bit test circuit executing the wired-OR-logic operation of complementary logic signals from a plurality of pre-sense amplifiers, receiving the output of the wired-OR-logic operation by an emitter follower using a bipolar transistor, and outputting an AND signal of the complementary logic signals by a level comparing circuit. A sense amplifier is also provided for executing the wired-OR-logic operation of complementary logic signals from a plurality of pre-sense amplifiers, raising the level of the output of the wired-OR-logic operation by a level shift circuit having a semiconductor element for applying an inverse bias potential to an input signal, executing the wired-OR-operation of the shifted up output and outputs from other blocks, and receiving and amplifying the output of the wired-OR-logic operation.
摘要:
There is provided a method of controlling an internal address signal of an RAM in which a late-write method is realized on a chip. Two sets of address registers for reading and writing are provided for each address and further a middle register is provided between the two sets of address registers. The middle register is controlled by a signal formed by obtaining the AND result of a clock signal and a write enable signal and the two sets of address registers for reading and writing are controlled only by the clock signal. A selection circuit selects outputs of the two sets of address registers as an input in accordance with the write enable signal to control an internal address.
摘要:
A synchronous memory device is provided in which the cycle time is shorter than conventional memory devices. For example, by providing an output latch in a sense amplifier on a bit line, the time period from input of a clock signal to latching data in the output latch is shortened. In case of plural bit lines, a selector for selecting data in a plural output latch and a latch for latching a sense amplifier selection are provided.
摘要:
A circuit for generating a constant voltage, free of dependence on temperature changes, by adding a voltage having positive temperature dependence to a voltage having negative temperature dependence. A current generation circuit for generating a current having positive temperature dependence is connected with an element for converting this current to a voltage by way of a proportional current supply circuit, for example, a current mirror circuit.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit device capable of having a high integration density and excellent performance and a method of fabricating the semiconductor integrated circuit device are disclosed. In this semiconductor integrated circuit device, a connecting conductor for connecting gate wiring which is formed on a field oxide film and extended from the gate of a MOSFET, to the source/drain region of another MOSFET is interposed between the gate wiring and one of two side space layers for defining the width of the gate wiring.
摘要:
A constant current generating circuit is provided with a first current generating circuit unit which generates a first current having a positive temperature dependency and includes a pair of first and second bipolar transistors, a first current mirror circuit comprised of a plurality of first MOS transistors which regulates a current density ratio of the currents fed to the first and second bipolar transistors to be constant and derives the first current and a first circuit disposed between the first and second bipolar transistors and the first current mirror circuit for limiting dependency of the currents flowing through the first and second bipolar transistors on a voltage of a power source applied to the first current mirror circuit, a second current generating circuit unit is also provided which generates a second current having as negative temperature dependency and which includes a third bipolar transistor and a second resistor through which the second current is derived. Also, a summing current generating circuit unit is provided which sums the first current and the second current and generates a constant current with substantially no temperature dependency representing the summed current. This summary current generating circuit unit includes a second current mirror circuit comprised of a plurality of second MOS transistors which generates the constant current representing the summed current.
摘要:
A high-speed memory employing the pipeline technique is disclosed, in which the minimum operating cycle time is reduced by use of a latch circuit for a small signal using a bipolar transistor. A small-signal latch circuit operating at a signal smaller than an output signal level is inserted between an amplifier circuit for amplifying the data held in a memory cell circuit and an output buffer circuit. A switch signal is also interposed between the latch circuit and the amplifier circuit, thereby shortening the cycle time.
摘要:
Parasitic capacitances formed between bit lines to which signals are to be read out of memory cells and a signal transmission line arranged above them are to be reduced. Second complementary global bit lines for transmitting data read out of memory cells MC via complementary bit lines are arranged above a memory cell array. Each second global bit line is so arranged that a triangle having as its vertexes the center of the section of one of the complementary bit lines, that of the section of the other and that of the section of the second global bit line arranged directly above these complementary bit lines be an isosceles triangle.