Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Environmental sensor or semiconductor device
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Application No.: US15554228Application Date: 2016-02-25
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Publication No.: US10091563B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Jun Koyama
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Agent Jeffrey L. Costellia
- Priority: JP2015-040494 20150302
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/051019 WO 20160225
- International Announcement: WO2016/139559 WO 20160909
- Main IPC: H04Q9/00
- IPC: H04Q9/00 ; H03M1/46 ; G11C8/08 ; G11C7/12 ; H01L29/786

Abstract:
To provide an environmental sensor with reduced power consumption.A semiconductor device includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a control circuit, a transmission amplifier, a modulation circuit, a memory device, an analog-to-digital converter circuit, and an antenna. The memory device and the analog-to-digital converter circuit each include a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor is formed in a channel region. The second sensor is an optical sensor, and has a function of transmitting a trigger signal to the control circuit when receiving laser light. The control circuit has a function of transmitting a control signal to the first sensor, the transmission amplifier, the modulation circuit, the memory device, and the analog-to-digital converter circuit when receiving the trigger signal. The first sensor is a sensor that senses a physical or chemical quantity, and the measured data is subjected to digital conversion by the analog-to-digital converter circuit and stored in the memory device. In addition, the data is transmitted as an electromagnetic wave signal from the antenna through the modulation circuit and the transmission amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180084314A1 ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR OR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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