摘要:
To reduce cost of defect redundancy and trimming in a semiconductor integrated circuit having multiple layer wirings and copper wirings, an address for salvaging a defect of a memory cell array in a semiconductor is stored by using a nonvolatile memory element constituting a floating electrode by a first layer of polysilicon, or the nonvolatile memory element is programmed in testing the semiconductor integrated circuit. As a result, a special process is not needed in forming the nonvolatile memory element. In other words, the nonvolatile memory element can be formed in a process of forming a CMOS device and an apparatus of a laser beam for programming is not needed since the programming is carried out in testing. Thus, the time necessary for programming can be shortened, and, therefore, testing costs can be reduced.
摘要:
An SRAM circuit which can be operated at a reduced operation margin, especially at a low operating voltage by increasing or optimizing the operation margin of the SRAM circuit. The threshold voltage of the produced transistor in the SRAM circuit is detected to compare the operating voltage of a memory cell with the operating voltage of a peripheral circuit in order to adjust it to the optimum value, and the substrate bias voltage is further controlled.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a system LSI consolidating a logic circuit and an SRAM circuit. More specifically, the present invention relates to a semiconductor device which can reduce a leakage current and the power consumption in the standby state. The logic circuit in the system LSI is provided with a power switch so as to cut off the switch at the time of standby, reducing a leakage current. At the same time, the SRAM circuit controls a substrate bias to reduce the leakage current.
摘要:
A CMOS circuit and a semiconductor device having small leakage current and a low threshold voltage, and which is operated at high speed and with a small voltage amplitude, including an output stage circuit having MOSTs configured such that when their gates and sources are respectively set to an equal voltage, subthreshold leakage currents substantially flow between their drains and sources, and upon deactivation, a voltage is applied to the gate of each of the MOSTs to cause a reverse bias to be applied between the gate and source of the MOST. Upon activation of the circuit, the MOST is held in a reverse bias state or controlled to a forward bias state according to an input voltage.
摘要:
Back-gate voltage control provides a high speed and low power consumption LSI operable in a wide temperature range in which a MOS transistor having back gates is used specifically according to operating characteristics of a circuit. In the LSI, an FD-SOI structure having an embedded oxide film layer is used and a lower semiconductor region of the embedded oxide film layer is used as a back gate. A voltage for back gates in logic circuits having a small load in logic circuit block is controlled in response to activation of the block from outside of the block. Transistors, in which the gate and the back gate are connected to each other, are used for the circuit generating the back gate driving signal, and logic circuits having a heavy load such as circuit block output section, and the back gates are directly controlled according to a gate input signal.
摘要:
A CMOS circuit and a semiconductor device having small leakage current and a low threshold voltage, and which is operated at high speed and with a small voltage amplitude, including an output stage circuit having MOSTs configured such that when their gates and sources are respectively set to an equal voltage, subthreshold leakage currents substantially flow between their drains and sources, and upon deactivation, a voltage is applied to the gate of each of the MOSTs to cause a reverse bias to be applied between the gate and source of the MOST. Upon activation of the circuit, the MOST is held in a reverse bias state or controlled to a forward bias state according to an input voltage.
摘要:
The semiconductor device makes a comparison between a word-line timing signal for determining a word-line activation time and a reference signal, applies a back-gate bias for enlarging a read margin when the result of the comparison represents a low condition of the read margin, and applies a back-gate bias for enlarging a write margin when the comparison result represents a low condition of the write margin. The reference signal is selected depending on whether to compensate an operating margin fluctuating according to the word-line activation time (or word-line pulse width), or to compensate an operating margin fluctuating according to the process fluctuation (or variation in threshold voltage). By controlling the back-gate biases according to the word-line pulse width, an operating margin fluctuating according to the word-line pulse width, and an operating margin fluctuating owing to the variation in threshold voltage during its fabrication are improved.
摘要:
There is provided an output stage circuit including such MOSTs (M) that when their gates and sources are respectively set to an equal voltage, subthreshold leakage currents substantially flow between their drains and sources, wherein upon its deactivation, a voltage is applied to the gate of each of the MOSTs (M) in such a manner than a reverse bias is applied between the gate and source of the MOST (M). That is, when the MOST (M) is of a p channel type, a voltage higher than that of a p type source is applied to its gate. When the MOST (M) is of an n channel type, a voltage lower than that of an n type source is applied to its gate. Upon activation of the circuit, the MOST is held in a reverse bias state or controlled to a forward bias state according to an input voltage. A CMOS circuit and a semiconductor device can be realized each of which is small in leakage current even though its threshold voltage is low and which is operated at high speed and with a small voltage amplitude.
摘要:
To provide an LSI having a low power mode that can prevent an apparatus on which the LSI is mounted from resulting in performance degradation, etc. even when its electric power is not reduced in the low power mode. Devised is a circuit that instructs an operation mode and detects whether the LSI operates as specified by the mode, and that measures a current at the time of the low power mode in a pseudo manner and, if despite having shifted to the low power mode, the current is not reduced actually, issues an alarm signal.
摘要:
When threshold voltages of constituent transistors are reduced in order to operate an SRAM circuit at a low voltage, there is a problem in that a leakage current of the transistors is increased and, as a result, electric power consumption when the SRAM circuit is not operated while storing data is increased. Therefore, there is provided a technique for reducing the leakage current of MOS transistors in SRAM memory cells MC by controlling a potential of a source line ssl of the driver MOS transistors in the memory cells.