Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and method for driving the semiconductor device
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Application No.: US16486184Application Date: 2018-02-20
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Publication No.: US10944396B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Takanori Matsuzaki
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi
- Agency: Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office
- Agent Eric J. Robinson
- Priority: JPJP2017-040312 20170303
- International Application: PCT/IB2018/051015 WO 20180220
- International Announcement: WO2018/158650 WO 20180907
- Main IPC: H03K17/687
- IPC: H03K17/687 ; H02M3/07 ; G11C11/412 ; H01L29/786

Abstract:
To provide a semiconductor device that generates a stable negative potential with high accuracy and achieves lower power consumption. The semiconductor device includes a voltage conversion circuit, a comparator, a logic circuit, a transistor, and a capacitor. The voltage conversion circuit has a function of outputting, as a second signal, a signal obtained by conversion of a voltage of an input first signal in response to a clock signal output from the logic circuit. The comparator has a function of being controlled to be supplied with or not supplied with a power supply voltage in response to a power gating signal. The transistor has a function of holding an output voltage of the comparator in the capacitor in a period during which the transistor is in an off state. The logic circuit has a function of switching between supply and stop of the clock signal on the basis of the voltage held in the capacitor in a period during which the power supply voltage to the comparator is stopped.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200235733A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-07-23
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