摘要:
A step down unit steps down an external power supply voltage Vcc. A bias current control circuit controls the magnitude of bias current flowing through an auxiliary path connecting an output node and the ground. A system controller increases the magnitude of the bias current, prior to a change of the operation state of a load circuit by which a relatively large change occurs to the amount of current consumed by the load circuit including a central processing unit.
摘要:
A step down unit steps down an external power supply voltage Vcc. A bias current control circuit controls the magnitude of bias current flowing through an auxiliary path connecting an output node and the ground. A system controller increases the magnitude of the bias current, prior to a change of the operation state of a load circuit by which a relatively large change occurs to the amount of current consumed by the load circuit including a central processing unit.
摘要:
The present invention provides a semiconductor chip which is insusceptible to noise and whose consumption current is small. In a semiconductor chip, an internal power supply voltage for an internal circuit block is generated by a regulator having small current drive capability and a regulator having large current drive capability. A voltage buffer is provided between a reference voltage generating circuit and the regulator having large current drive capability. In a low-speed operation mode, the voltage buffer and the regulator having large current drive capability are made inactive. Therefore, noise in reference voltage is suppressed, and consumption current can be reduced.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided, in which a node from which an output signal of a level shifter is sent can be initialized such that the potential thereof be set at a desired logic level at the time of power supply.The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a level shifter 6 and two capacitors N10 and C0. The level shifter 6 receives an input signal and converts the received signal to a signal having a voltage amplitude greater than that of the received signal, then to provide the signal to a node D3. The capacitor N10 is connected to the node D3, and the capacitor C0 is connected in series with the capacitor N10. The capacitor N10 is formed of a MOS transistor having a gate connected to the node D3 and a source and a drain both connected to the capacitor C0.
摘要:
A voltage applying means applies a voltage which determines the logical value of a node to the node, with the signal at the node fixed. Then, an applied voltage removing means removes the voltage applied by the voltage applying means. First and second detecting means detects the logical value of the node before and after the voltage application and removal of the applied voltage. A judging means compares the results of detection of the first and second detecting means to judge whether or not the node is at a high impedance.
摘要:
An output circuit 1 comprises a constant current source 11, a switch 12, and an output pad 14. The switch 12 is connected between the constant current source 11 and the output pad 14. A transmission path 3 is connected to the output pad 14. The transmission path 3 is coupled to a terminator voltage V.sub.TT by a resistor for pull up. Reflection of a signal or generation of noise can be suppressed by bringing the resistance value of the resistor 4 close to a characteristic impedance of the transmission path 3. A voltage amplitude on the transmission path 3 can be determined arbitrarily by adjusting current value of the constant current source 11 and resistance value of the resistor 4.
摘要:
A data storage circuit having a plurality of memory cells (S1), a plurality of bit lines (BL, /BL) and a precharge circuit further comprises a discharge circuit. In an operating mode of the data storage circuit, the bit lines (BL, /BL) are precharged by the precharge circuit under the control on the basis of a chip enable signal (CE) before write or read of data into/from the memory cells (S1) and in a standby state, the bit lines (BL, /BL) are discharged by the discharge circuit. Further, also in a sleep mode, the bit lines (BL, /BL) are discharged by the discharge circuit. With this circuit configuration and operation, it is possible to provide the data storage circuit which allows reduction in standby power consumption by suppressing standby currents in the standby state.
摘要:
Provided is a DLL circuit that can execute a precise delay synchronization operation without increasing the variable delay time range of a delay line. The DLL circuit comprises a phase comparator (3), a charge pump (6), an LPF (8) and a delay line (9), and operates to match phases of an input signal (CLKIN) and a feedback signal (FBCLK). The phase comparator (3) always outputs a phase comparison result that causes a delay time of the delay line (9) to increase, at the time of initial operation after a reset operation. The LPF (8) outputs a delay adjusting signal (S8) indicating that a delay time due to the delay line (9) becomes the minimum, in executing a reset.
摘要:
A current type inverter circuit or the like is obtained which operates at a high speed with a low power consumption. A reference power source 1 has one end connected to a power source VDD and the other source receiving a reference current Iref. A drain and a gate of an NMOS transistor Q1 of a current mirror circuit CM1, as an input part, receive an input current Iin. A drain of an NMOS transistor Q2 is connected to an node N1 of the other end side of the reference power source 1 as an output part. As an input part, a drain and a gate of an NMOS transistor Q3 of a current mirror circuit CM2 are connected to the node N1 while a drain of an NMOS transistor Q4 functions as an output part for outputting an output current Iout. The transistors are set so that all of the conditions TS1.gtoreq.1, TS2.gtoreq.1 and TS1.multidot.TS2>1 are satisfied where TS1 is a ratio of the size of the NMOS transistor Q2 to the size of the NMOS transistor Q1 and TS2 is a ratio of the size of the NMOS transistor Q4 to the size of the NMOS transistor Q3.
摘要:
A plurality of shift memories shifting data are connected in series, destination indicating bits indicative of data destination are stored in destination indicating bit memories corresponding to the shift memories respectively, and a searching circuit is provided adjacent to each of the destination indicating bit memories, which searching circuit searches data by searching the destination indicating bits.