IP Library Granted Patent US 12684765
Granted Patent B2
US 12684765 · App. 18/559,083 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Hitoshi Kunitake (Machida, JP); Yuki Ito (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10B12/50H10D30/6734H10D30/6755
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Patent No.
US 12684765
App. No.
18/559,083
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device that can be subjected to multipoint measurement is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first layer and a second layer over the first layer. The first layer includes a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, m (m is an integer of 1 or more) analog switches electrically connected to the first multiplexer, and n (n is an integer of 1 or more) analog switches electrically connected to the second multiplexer. The second layer includes m×n transistors. Each of the m analog switches is electrically connected to n transistors, and each of the n analog switches is electrically connected to m transistors.

Claims (73)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising a first layer, a second layer over the first layer, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring,

wherein the first layer comprises a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, and first to fourth analog switches,

wherein the second layer comprises first to fourth transistors,

wherein each of the first to fourth transistors comprises a source, a drain, and a first gate,

wherein the first wiring is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of each of the first to fourth transistors,

wherein a first terminal of each of the first analog switch and the second analog switch is electrically connected to the first multiplexer,

wherein a second terminal of each of the first analog switch and the second analog switch is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein a third terminal of the first analog switch is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of each of the first transistor and the second transistor,

wherein a third terminal of the second analog switch is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of each of the third transistor and the fourth transistor,

wherein a first terminal of each of the third analog switch and the fourth analog switch is electrically connected to the second multiplexer,

wherein a second terminal of each of the third analog switch and the fourth analog switch is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein a third terminal of the third analog switch is electrically connected to the first gate of each of the first transistor and the third transistor, and

wherein a third terminal of the fourth analog switch is electrically connected to the first gate of each of the second transistor and the fourth transistor.

2 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a fourth wiring,

wherein each of the first to fourth transistors further comprises a second gate, and

wherein the fourth wiring is electrically connected to the second gate of each of the first to fourth transistors.

3 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first to fourth transistors comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

4 . The semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the metal oxide comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

5 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first to fourth analog switches comprises a CMOS circuit.

6 . The semiconductor device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a transistor included in the CMOS circuit comprises silicon in a channel formation region.

7 . A semiconductor device comprising a first layer, a second layer over the first layer, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring,

wherein the first layer comprises a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, and first to third analog switches,

wherein the second layer comprises a first transistor and a third transistor,

wherein each of the first transistor and the third transistor comprises a source, a drain, and a first gate,

wherein the first wiring is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of each of the first transistor and the third transistor,

wherein a first terminal of each of the first analog switch and the second analog switch is electrically connected to the first multiplexer,

wherein a second terminal of each of the first analog switch and the second analog switch is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein a third terminal of the first analog switch is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor,

wherein a third terminal of the second analog switch is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor,

wherein a first terminal of the third analog switch is electrically connected to the second multiplexer,

wherein a second terminal of the third analog switch is electrically connected to the third wiring, and

wherein a third terminal of the third analog switch is electrically connected to the first gate of each of the first transistor and the third transistor.

8 . The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

further comprising a fourth wiring,

wherein each of the first transistor and the third transistor further comprises a second gate, and

wherein the fourth wiring is electrically connected to the second gate of each of the first transistor and the third transistor.

9 . The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein each of the first transistor and the third transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

10 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the metal oxide comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

11 . The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein each of the first to third analog switches comprises a CMOS circuit.

12 . The semiconductor device according to claim 11 ,

wherein a transistor included in the CMOS circuit comprises silicon in a channel formation region.

13 . A semiconductor device comprising a first layer, a second layer over the first layer, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring,

wherein the first layer comprises a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, a first analog switch, a third analog switch, and a fourth analog switch,

wherein the second layer comprises a first transistor and a second transistor,

wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor comprises a source, a drain, and a first gate,

wherein the first wiring is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of each of the first transistor and the second transistor,

wherein a first terminal of the first analog switch is electrically connected to the first multiplexer,

wherein a second terminal of the first analog switch is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein a third terminal of the first analog switch is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of each of the first transistor and the second transistor,

wherein a first terminal of each of the third analog switch and the fourth analog switch is electrically connected to the second multiplexer,

wherein a second terminal of each of the third analog switch and the fourth analog switch is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein a third terminal of the third analog switch is electrically connected to the first gate of the first transistor, and

wherein a third terminal of the fourth analog switch is electrically connected to the first gate of the second transistor.

14 . The semiconductor device according to claim 13 ,

further comprising a fourth wiring,

wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor further comprises a second gate, and

wherein the fourth wiring is electrically connected to the second gate of each of the first transistor and the second transistor.

15 . The semiconductor device according to claim 13 ,

wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

16 . The semiconductor device according to claim 15 ,

wherein the metal oxide comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

17 . The semiconductor device according to claim 13 ,

wherein each of the first analog switch, the third analog switch, and the fourth analog switch comprises a CMOS circuit.

18 . The semiconductor device according to claim 17 ,

wherein a transistor included in the CMOS circuit comprises silicon in a channel formation region.