公开(公告)号：US20130135036A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-30

申请号：US13748663

申请日：2013-01-24

Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Kazuki FUKUOKA ,  Yasuto IGARASHI ,  Ryo MORI ,  Yoshihiko YASU ,  Toshio SASAKI

IPC: H03K5/00

CPC classification number: H03K5/00 ,  H01L27/0203 ,  H01L27/0207 ,  H01L27/0928 ,  H01L27/11807 ,  H03K3/00 ,  H03K19/0016

Abstract: Efficient reduction in power consumption is achieved by combinational implementation of a power cutoff circuit technique using power supply switch control and a DVFS technique for low power consumption. A power supply switch section fed with power supply voltage, a circuit block in which a power cutoff is performed by the power supply switch section, and a level shifter are formed in a DEEP-NWELL region formed over a semiconductor substrate. Another power supply switch section fed with another power supply voltage, a circuit block in which a power cutoff is performed by the power supply switch section, and a level shifter are formed in another DEEP-NWELL region formed over the semiconductor substrate. In this arrangement, there arises no possibility of short-circuiting between different power supplies via each DEEP-NWELL region formed over the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract translation: 通过使用电源开关控制和DVFS技术组合实现断电电路技术实现功耗的有效降低，实现低功耗。 在半导体基板上形成的DEEP-NWELL区域中，形成供给电源电压的电源开关部，由电源开关部进行电源切断的电路块和电平移位器。 供给另一电源电压的另一个电源开关部分，由电源开关部分执行电源切断的电路块和电平移位器形成在形成在半导体衬底上的另一个DEEP-NWELL区域中。 在这种布置中，不存在通过半导体衬底上形成的每个DEEP-NWELL区域在不同电源之间短路的可能性。