Invention Grant
US07994822B2 Semiconductor device for synchronous communication between stacked LSI
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用于堆叠LSI之间的同步通信的半导体器件
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device for synchronous communication between stacked LSI
- Patent Title (中): 用于堆叠LSI之间的同步通信的半导体器件
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Application No.: US12690659Application Date: 2010-01-20
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Publication No.: US07994822B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Kazuo Otsuga , Kenichi Osada , Makoto Saen
- Applicant: Kazuo Otsuga , Kenichi Osada , Makoto Saen
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-010499 20090121
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00

Abstract:
The performance of a whole system is improved by synchronizing communication and computations between stacked computing LSIs. Each of stacked an external communication LSI and a computing LSI has a PLL which multiplies a crystal oscillator clock signal, a clock pulse generator which distributes the clock signal, and flip-flop circuits. The computing LSI has a DLL circuit composed of a clock phase comparator, a delay controller, and a delay chain. In order to synchronize the communication and computations of the external communication LSI and the computing LSI, a synchronization reference clock signal is transmitted from the external communication LSI to the computing LSI via a through-electrode. An internal clock signal of the computing LSI is synchronized with the synchronization reference clock signal from the external communication LSI by the DLL circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100182046A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-07-22
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