摘要:
A television receiver of electronic tuning type employing a variable capacitance diode in a local oscillator of its tuning circuit, which comprises a memory storing a plurality of digital data indicative of tuning voltages corresponding to a plurality of channels respectively so that a tuning voltage corresponding to a selected channel can be applied to the variable capacitance diode in the tuning circuit, a D/A converter converting a digital data corresponding to a selected channel into an analog voltage to be supplied to the variable capacitance diode, and a tuning voltage control circuit which functions to sequentially modify, at a predetermined rate, the digital data of the selected channel read out from the memory until the tuning point is reached in the tuning circuit, and which applies sequentially such a signal to the D/A converter, whereby the tuning circuit can be tuned to the selected channel regardless of secular and other variations in the operating characteristic of the variable capacitance diode.
摘要:
In a memory array of memory cells each having at least a gate, a substrate, a source and a drain, a writing operation is effected when the substrate and the source and drain are at the same potential and when a potential difference V.sub.p exists between the potential of the substrate and the source and drain and that at the gate. The stored contents are erased when a potential difference V.sub.p exists between the gate and the substrate. The stored condition is prevented from changing when a potential difference V.sub.p exists between the substrate and the gate and when a potential difference V.sub.wd exists between the substrate and the source and drain. When such a memory array is partially erased, cells not to be erased are sequentially driven by applying a voltage V.sub.wd between the source and drain and the substrate of the cell, applying a voltage V.sub.p between the gate and the substrate of the cell, and applying the same potential to the substrate and the gate of the cell.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit device formed on a single chip or a microcomputer integrated on a semiconductor chip includes a central processing unit (CPU), an interface circuit (or an input/output port), a bus coupled to the CPU and the interface circuit (or the input/output port) and a variable logic circuit (or a subprocessor). The variable logic circuit (or the subprocessor) includes non-volatile memory elements storing instructions, a control circuit generating control signals in accordance with the stored instructions, and an arithmetic logic unit controlled by the generated control signals. Information can be written into the non-volatile memory elements from outside to construct the variable logic circuit or the subprocessor with any desired logical functions. The wiring operation of the memory elements can be executed in a short time, and a user can thus quickly obtain a single-chip microprocessor or a single-chip semiconductor integrated circuit device having hardware of peculiar prescribed specifications.
摘要:
A typical single chip microcomputer disclosed in the present application comprises a control circuit, a processing circuit and a plurality of address register--status register pairs. A logical unit formed within the control circuit comprises an electrically writable non-volatile-semiconductor memory device. Information can be externally written into the non-volatile semiconductor memory included in the logical unit, and the above described plurality of address register--status register pairs can be arbitrarily selected. As a result, logic function of the logical unit can be arbitrarily established in accordance with externally supplied information. Demanded specifications of various users can be satisfied by the logic function thus arbitrarily formed.
摘要:
A logic circuit built in a single-chip microprocessor is configured of electrically-programmable memory elements, and information is written into the memory elements from outside, whereby the logic circuit having any desired logical functions can be constructed. The writing operation of the memory elements can be executed in a short time, and a user can obtain the single-chip microprocessor having hardware of peculiar prescribed specifications, in a short period.
摘要:
Easy testability and data security of an electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) can be accomplished by disposing pads and an input/output (I/O) circuit providing addresses, data and control signals necessary for the EEPROM test on a semiconductor substrate and by disposing a two-level test I/O interception circuit consisting of an EEPROM device on the substrate such that once the testing is completed, unauthorized accessing is prevented from outside the semiconductor substrate as a result of having a built-in data security function. A microcomputer having this capability is provided with a central processing unit (CPU) for processing data, a memory, such as an EEPROM, which is internally communicating through a common bus (which transmits data, address and control signals) with the CPU, other than during a test mode, and first and second inhibition circuits which provide the security. The first inhibition circuit is coupled to the data bus and provides a first inhibition operation to prevent access operations to the memory. The first inhibition circuit release the first inhibiting operation in accordance with a signal from outside the semiconductor substrate or body. The second inhibition means is coupled to the data bus and provides a second inhibiting operation to prevent access operations to the memory from outside the semiconductor body via the data bus and permanently disables the access operations to the memory irrespective of a releasing or termination of the first inhibiting operation after the second inhibiting operation has taken effect.
摘要:
In developing the function of a data processing system using a semiconductor integrated circuit for data processing, comprising a non-volatile logical function block to which data is written electrically and a logical operation block utilizing the logical function block to execute the logic operation, data corresponding to the required specification and function of the system is written in the logical function block. Thereby, flexibility is obtained for setting and changing the required function to the semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit also has an operation specification written to the logical block by a writing device designed to write to a non-volatile semiconductor storage device thereby improving the convenience of setting the functions required of the semiconductor integrated circuit.
摘要:
A logic circuit built in a single-chip microprocessor is configured of electrically-programmable memory elements, and information is written into the memory elements from outside, whereby the logic circuit having any desired logical functions can be constructed. The writing operation of the memory elements can be executed in a short time, and a user can obtain the single-chip microprocessor having hardware of peculiar prescribed specifications, in a short period.
摘要:
A signal processor having a wide dynamic range and which can process both data in the fixed point representation and data in the floating point representation by the use of a single floating-point arithmetic circuit is capable of processing digital signals, such as voice signals, at high speed and in real time. In addition, this signal processor includes an arithmetic logic unit for floating point data and/or fixed point data in which there is selectively provided a first pair of first and second floating point data which are to be subjected to an arithmetic operation, or a second pair of data consisting of third floating (fixed) point data which is to be converted to fixed (floating) point data and fourth floating point data which is a reference data for the conversion. If the first pair is selected the first and second pair of floating point data are subjected to the arithmetic operation. If the second pair is selected, the conversion of the fixed (floating) point data to floating (fixed) point data is effected by normalizing the third data with the value of the exponent part of the fourth data.
摘要:
A pulse width modulation circuit which can cancel the mean error of pulse width modulation with respect to time due to the offset voltage of a triangular wave signal and to the offset voltage of a comparator, by adding simple circuits to an existing pulse width modulation circuit. The invention relates also to an integration circuit of the product of two analog signals using the pulse width modulation circuit described above.The principle of the present invention combines a circuit for cancelling the offset of a triangular wave signal by inverting either the triangular wave signal with respect to an input signal or the input signal with respect to the triangular wave signal, in every predetermined period, with a circuit for eliminating the offset of a comparator by inverting the output of the comparator and replacing the input terminals of the comparator if the input signal is not inverted, or connecting the input terminal of the comparator as such if the input signal is inverted.