Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device, wireless sensor, and electronic device
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Application No.: US15832114Application Date: 2017-12-05
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Publication No.: US10193563B2Publication Date: 2019-01-29
- Inventor: Yutaka Shionoiri , Kiyoshi Kato , Tomoaki Atsumi
- 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: JP2014-195976 20140926; JP2014-199685 20140930; JP2014-208851 20141010; JP2014-242747 20141201
- Main IPC: H03M1/00
- IPC: H03M1/00 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/46 ; G11C27/02

Abstract:
An object is to reduce power consumption of an analog-digital converter circuit. An analog potential obtained in a sensor or the like is held in a sample-and-hold circuit including a transistor with an extremely low off-state current. In the sample-and-hold circuit, the analog potential is held in a node which is able to hold a charge by turning off the transistor. Then, power supply to a buffer circuit or the like included in the sample-and-hold circuit is stopped to reduce power consumption. In a structure where a potential is held in each node, power consumption can be further reduced when a transistor with an extremely low off-state current is connected to a node holding a potential of a comparator, a successive approximation register, a digital-analog converter circuit, or the like, and power supply to these circuits is stopped.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180109267A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, WIRELESS SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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