Invention Grant
- Patent Title: DC-DC converter, semiconductor device and display device
- Patent Title (中): DC-DC转换器,半导体器件和显示器件
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Application No.: US13109580Application Date: 2011-05-17
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Publication No.: US08816662B2Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: Kei Takahashi , Yoshiaki Ito
- Applicant: Kei Takahashi , Yoshiaki Ito
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C.
- Agent Eric J. Robinson
- Priority: JP2010-116938 20100521
- Main IPC: G05F1/56
- IPC: G05F1/56 ; G05F1/563 ; G05F1/565

Abstract:
An object is to reduce power consumption of a semiconductor device including a DC-DC converter circuit. The semiconductor device includes a DC-DC converter circuit and a microprocessor. The DC-DC converter circuit includes a conversion circuit including an inductor and a transistor, and a control circuit including a comparison circuit and a logic circuit. A hysteresis comparator is used as the comparison circuit. In the control circuit, the comparison circuit compares an output signal of the conversion circuit with a first reference potential or a second reference potential, and the logic circuit performs arithmetic operation between an output signal of the comparison circuit and a clock signal of the microprocessor. In the conversion circuit, the transistor controls current flowing through the inductor in accordance with an output signal of the logic circuit, and the output signal of the conversion circuit is generated in accordance with the current flowing through the inductor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110285372A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-11-24
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