Multi-power source semiconductor device
View Patent ↗In a multi-supply-voltage semiconductor device including multiple blocks each of which has independent clock circuit, and operating with variable power supply, variable delay circuit which changes the amount of delay in accordance with the voltage value of the variable power supply is provided to a clock signal supplied to several blocks from clock generator circuit. This can reduce clock skew between the blocks even when the power supply voltage of variable power supply is changed.
1. A multi-supply-voltage semiconductor device comprising:
at least one block receiving a variable supply voltage, said at least one block receiving a clock signal;
a voltage level detector circuit which detects a voltage level of the variable supply voltage; and
at least one variable delay circuit which provides a delay in the clock signal received by the at least one block, said delay changing in accordance with a change in the voltage level detected by the voltage level detector circuit;
wherein said voltage level detector circuit comprises a differential amplifier into which the variable supply voltage and a reference voltage is input.