摘要:
A memory portion and a logic circuit portion of a semiconductor device are formed on a single semiconductor substrate in which a first logic circuit block and a second logic circuit block are formed in different areas and the second logic circuit is located between a pair of memory blocks. Data stored in the pair of memory blocks are transmitted to the second logic circuit block for processing via a memory peripheral circuit. A result of the data processing is transmitted to the first logic circuit block or an external device via an input/output circuit provided in the second logic circuit block. A clock signal entered at the center portion of the semiconductor chip is supplied to a plurality of first state clock distributing circuits equidistantly disposed from the center portion and then to a plurality of second stage clock distributing circuits at least equidistantly disposed from each of the first state clock distributing circuits. Next, the clock signal is supplied to a plurality of third state clock distributing circuits equidistantly disposed from each of the second stage clock distributing circuits and then supplied to a plurality of final stage clock distributing circuits equidistantly disposed from each of the third stage clock distributing circuits. From these final stage clock distributing circuits, the clock signal is supplied to an area in whose units an internal gate array and a RAM macro cell or a logic macro cell are made replaceable with each other.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device is provided such as the type having flip-flop memory cells each including two bipolar transistors in cross connection with each other. In certain embodiments, at least a part of a Schottky barrier diode or capacitor in the memory cell is formed under a digit line. This memory device is greatly reduced in its required area, and the Schottky barrier diode and capacitor are negligibly influenced by the digit line. In other embodiments, it is arranged to provide different electrodes for the Schottky barrier diode and the capacitor to optimize construction in a minimized space.
摘要:
A semiconductor circuit of a current mode type logic is provided having a reference voltage generating circuit which generates the reference voltage to be applied to the logic circuit in response to a clock signal to latch the state corresponding to an input signal at an instant of the clock signal input. The reference voltage has three levels in response to the voltage levels of the clock signal and the input signal: a middle voltage between the two high and low voltage levels of the input signal when the clock signal is at a first level voltage; a voltage higher than the high voltage level of the input signal when the clock signal is at a second level voltage and the output signal is at a high voltage; and a voltage lower than the low voltage level of the input signal when the clock signal is at a second level voltage and the output signal is at a second level voltage and the output signal is at a low voltage. This semiconductor circuit can relax restrictions on the signal amplitude due to the supply voltage and the saturation of the transistors, and, accordingly, allows processing signals having a much greater amplitude than was previously possible.
摘要:
A current source circuit includes a first and a second transistor connected at the collector to a common load resistor. In the current source circuit, the emiiters of the first and second transistors are connected to a negative power source through different current restricting resistors. The base of the first transistor is biased by a series circuit including two diodes. The temperature coefficients of the collector currents of the first and second transistors are offset, so that the temperature-compensated current flows into the load resistor.
摘要:
To speed up the operation of a decoder circuit, reduce the power consumption of the decoder circuit and increase the cycle, each circuit such as a buffer, a predecoder and a main decoder in the decoder circuit includes a semiconductor logic circuit in which the number of columns of transistors for pulling down at an output node is small, even if the number of inputs is many and the true and a complementary output signal having approximately the same delay time are acquired and the output pulse length of each circuit in the decoder circuit is reduced. With this arrangement, the operation of the decoder circuit can be sped up, the power consumption can be reduced, the cycles can be increased and, in a semiconductor memory, for example, access time and power consumption can be reduced and the cycles can be increased.
摘要:
The disclosure includes feeding a current I.sub.R to only BIT lines selected, or feeding current I.sub.R transiently to only the BIT lines switched from unselected to selected states; and a sense amplifier for detecting the difference between the currents flowing in selected BIT lines to read out stored information, wherein current I.sub.R and cell current I.sub.cell have a relation of I.sub.R >I.sub.cell. The BiC MOS memory has high speed, low power and high integration density. Diodes are provided between the memory cell and the BIT lines.
摘要:
This invention is effective in the speeding up of a decoder circuit and maintenance of output amplitude. The invention is characterized in that, in a decoder circuit composed of a multi-emitter transistor or at least one diode group in which the anodes of a plurality of diodes are connected, and a charge circuit having an output emitter follower transistor, the multi-emitter transistor or the forward voltage of the diodes are larger than the voltage between the base and the emitter of the output emitter follower transistor.
摘要:
A dynamic random access memory device is provided having a dynamic memory cell, a word line coupled to the dynamic memory cell, a data line coupled to the dynamic memory cell, a precharge circuit coupled to the data line, a word driver coupled to the word line and a decoder coupled to the word driver. A plurality of address lines coupled to the decoder. The decoder has a first logic circuit whose inputs are connected to the plurality of address lines. The decoder also has a latch circuit whose input is connected to an output of the first logic circuit and whose output is connected to the word line.
摘要:
A dynamic random access memory is provided which includes word lines for accessing memory cells, data lines for transferring information from the memory cells, and rewrite amplifiers connected to the data lines for rewriting the information to corresponding memory cells. Read pre-amplifiers are also provided for sensing the information, together with common data lines for transferring output signals of the read pre-amplifiers. Each of the read pre-amplifiers has two insulated gate field-effect transistors, gates of which are connected to the data lines, and sources/drains of which are connected with the common data lines, such that the common data lines do not form current paths with the data lines. In addition, the read pre-amplifiers are activated before the rewrite amplifiers.
摘要:
Disclosed is a static type memory cell with high immunity from alpha ray-induced soft errors. The memory cell has a coupling capacitance C.sub.c between two data storage nodes 1 and 2. The p-well (or p-substrate) in which the driver-MOS transistors MN3, MN4 and the transfer MOS transistors MN1, MN2 are formed is connected to a V.sub.bb generator. The voltage V.sub.bb is set lower than the low level V.sub.L of the memory cell signal potential. Even when the potential variation .DELTA.V.sub.L of the low-voltage side node 2 is large, the parasitic diode present between the n-type diffusion layer corresponding to the source or drain of MN1-MN4 and the p-well (or p-substrate) does not turn on. Erroneous operations can therefore be prevented.