IP Library Granted Patent US 7,279,932
Granted Patent B2
US 7,279,932 · App. 11/226,585 · Granted Oct 9, 2007

Semiconductor integrated circuit device

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Patent No.
US 7,279,932
App. No.
11/226,585
Granted
Oct 9, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit device has an electrically rewritable non-volatile memory that operates with a first power supply, and a second circuit that operates with a second power supply having a voltage lower than the voltage of the first power supply. The second circuit has a gate oxide film which is thinner than the gate oxide file of the electrically rewritable non-volatile memory. A depletion NMOS transistor has a gate connected to the second power supply, a gate oxide film whose thickness is the same as that of the gate oxide film of the electrically rewritable non-volatile memory, and transmits a signal from an output terminal of the electrically rewritable non-volatile memory to an input terminal of the second circuit.

Claims (4)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit device, comprising:

an electrically rewritable non-volatile memory element which operates with a first power supply and includes a gate oxide film having a first thickness

a second circuit which operates with a second power supply having a voltage lower than a voltage of the first power supply and includes a gate oxide film having a second thickness which is thinner than the first thickness of the gate oxide film; and

a depletion NMOS transistor which has a drain connected with an output terminal of the electrically rewritable non-volatile memory element, a source connected with an input terminal of the second circuit, a gate connected with the second power supply, and a gate oxide film having a thickness equal to the thickness of the electrically rewritable non-volatile memory element, and which transmits a signal from the output terminal of the electrically rewritable non-volatile memory element to the input terminal of the second circuit.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038058/0892 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2005
From: MIYAGI, MASANORI
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 017221/0289 →