摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit which obtains a driving power from a carrier onto which data has been piggybacked, the semiconductor integrated circuit being characterized by demodulating data by correctly discriminating it even when the obtained power supply voltage has become overvoltage, and characterized by effectively using the power supplied by the carrier. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a two-voltage rectifier circuit as a power source circuit 111; a voltage regulator circuit 112 which exercises a control so that a power with a higher voltage (VDDH) used for demodulating data does not exceed a certain voltage value; a resistor 141; and a capacitor 142. With this construction, the voltage input to a regulator circuit 1121 as the reference voltage changes in correspondence to the change in voltage VDDH which is caused by the change in amplitude.
摘要:
In a contactless IC card that performs envelope detection on an ASK-modulated carrier wave and demodulates the carrier wave to recover data piggybacked thereon, demodulation is suspended during periods where there is no possibility of a change of a data value (from data 0 to data 1, or from data 1 to data 0) in the digital data piggybacked on the carrier wave. In so doing, incorrect data recovery can be prevented even when noise arises in power supply voltage waveform due to power consumption of an internal memory or the like.
摘要:
The present invention comprises a first MOS transistor whose gate and drain are connected with a first node, a second MOS transistor whose gate and drain are connected with the first node and a third node, respectively, a first resistive element which is connected between the first node and a second node, a second resistive element which is connected between the second node and a ground voltage terminal, a first NOT circuit whose input terminal is connected with the second node, whose output terminal is a fourth node, and which is connected between the third node and the ground voltage terminal, and a second NOT circuit whose input terminal is connected with the fourth node and whose output terminal is a fifth node. Consequently, the present invention can detect voltage in a stable condition with low power consumption.
摘要:
A reference potential generator is constituted of two signal lines 21 and 22; a charge supplying circuit to supply charge to signal lines 21 and 22; a first connection circiut 24a and 24b connecting the charge supplying circuit 23 and two signal lines 21 and 22 in order to supply charge to the two signal lines; and a second connection circuit 25 connecting two signal lines 21 and 22 together by the second control signal, and two signal lines are disconnected after the potentials of the two signal lines determined by the supplied charge and each of load capacitances of signal lines are averaged. A semiconductor memory device of the invention incorporating the above reference potential generator generating an exact reference potential, is able to amplify and output the potential difference between the reference potential and the potential of data readout in the bit line, and by this, "1" or "0" of readout data can be precisely determined.
摘要:
The life of a semiconductor memory device can be prolonged by using a plurality of memory cells and decreasing the stress applied to the dielectric film of the memory cells storing a data value "1." This is achieved in the present invention by decreasing the number of rewritings required to retain stored data. Specifically, the present invention utilizes a reverse and rewrite means to reverse and rewrite data back into memory cells after being read, memory means for memorizing a signal indicating whether the currently stored data is in a reversed state, and judging means for judging whether the data should be reversely output.
摘要:
A random access memory includes a redundancy repair circuit having a plurality of parallel connected transistors and a plurality of fuses connected to respective drains of the plurality of transistors. An electrically resistive element is connected to a common node to reduce a difference in operating speeds between a first case in which the circuit is precharged from a state in which discharge to a low level was effected via one of the transistors and a case in which precharging of the circuit is effected from a state in which discharging was carried out via a plurality of the transistors.
摘要:
The present invention extends the reading range between a contactless type information medium (semiconductor integrated circuit) and a reader/writer, which exchanges data in contactless communications with the contactless type information medium, and enables a stable data exchange even if the power supply voltage is lowered when data is returned from the contactless type information medium to the reader/writer. Specifically, when data is returned from the contactless type information medium, the data to be returned is held in the logic circuit section 200 capable of operating at a lower voltage than the non-volatile memory circuit section 300, and the reset detection lower limit voltage to be used by the reset generating circuit 160 during the data-returning period is set to be lower than that during periods other than the data-returning period.
摘要:
In an IC card applicable to a plurality of data transfer methods and including a plurality of OSs, when power sufficient for the operation is supplied to the IC card, an initial OS selecting section activates one of the plural OSs as an initial OS on the basis of identification information stored in a nonvolatile memory. A transfer method determining section determines a data transfer method on the basis of data received from a reader/writer. An OS applicability determining section determines whether or not the determined data transfer method accords with a data transfer method corresponding to the currently employed OS. When the data transfer methods do not accord with each other, an OS switching section switches the currently employed OS to another OS.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device comprises a main memory cell, a redundant memory cell, a redundant address data cell comprising a non-volatile memory which electrically memorizes an address of a redundant memory cell which replaced a failed memory cell in the main memory cell, a control circuit 15 and a redundant memory cell selecting circuit 16. The redundant memory cell selecting circuit serves to hold first address data which has been read from the redundant address data cell, and to compare the first address data with second address data for a read or write operation which is input via the control circuit and thereby select the main memory cell or the redundant memory cell.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device comprising bit line, word line, plate electrode, ferroelectric capacitor having first electrode and second electrode, said second electrode being coupled to said plate electrode, MOS transistor the source of which is coupled to said first electrode, the gate is coupled to said word line and the drain is coupled to said bit line, and adjusting capacitor for adjusting bit line capacitance coupled to said bit line. The adjusting capacitor is provided to increase the potential difference for reading and control occurrence of operating errors.