Method and apparatus for power saving in semiconductor devices

    公开(公告)号:US11967393B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17472542

    申请日:2021-09-10

    发明人: Jian Luo Zhuqin Duan

    IPC分类号: G11C5/14 G06F1/06 G11C11/40

    CPC分类号: G11C5/148 G06F1/06 G11C11/40

    摘要: A semiconductor device includes a clock gating circuit and a control circuit. The clock gating circuit outputs a gated clock signal based on a clock signal. Transitions of the clock signal are output in the gated clock signal in response to a clock enable signal having an enable value and are disabled from being output in the gated clock signal in response to the clock enable signal having a disable value. The control circuit includes a first portion that operates based on the clock signal. The first portion sets the clock enable signal to the disable value in response to a disable control and sets the clock enable signal to the enable value in response to a wakeup control. The control circuit includes a second portion that operates based on the gated clock signal. The second portion provides the disable control to the first portion during an operation.

    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230317125A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-05

    申请号:US18043103

    申请日:2021-08-23

    摘要: A data semiconductor device with a long retention time is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a ferroelectric capacitor, a first capacitor, and a memory cell. Note that the memory cell includes a third transistor. A first gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the ferroelectric capacitor, and a first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a second gate of the first transistor and a first terminal of the second transistor. A second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a second terminal of the ferroelectric capacitor and a first terminal of the first capacitor. A back gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the first terminal of the first transistor. In the above structure, the threshold voltage of the third transistor can be increased by supplying a negative potential to the first terminal of the first transistor.