IP Library Patent Application 11808675
Patent Application
App. No. 11/808,675

Semiconductor device and operation control method of semiconductor device

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11/808,675
Abstract

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first semiconductor chip performing a predetermined operation based on a first control signal or a second control signal; a second semiconductor chip selectively outputting the external first control signal or the internal second control signal; and a line inputting the first or second control signal output from the second semiconductor chip to the first semiconductor chip.

Claims (29)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first semiconductor chip performing a predetermined operation based on a first control signal or a second control signal;

a second semiconductor chip selectively outputting the external first control signal or the internal second control signal; and

a line inputting the first or second control signal output from the second semiconductor chip to the first semiconductor chip.

2 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second semiconductor chip outputs the first control signal to a predetermined terminal if the first control signal is externally supplied, and outputs the internal second control signal to the predetermined terminal if the first control signal is not externally supplied.

3 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second semiconductor chip includes:

a selector selecting a path for outputting the first control signal or a path for outputting the second control signal; and

a control register determining a path selected by the selector.

4 . A semiconductor chip comprising:

selector outputting a first control signal to a predetermined terminal if the first control signal is externally supplied, and outputting an internal second control signal to the predetermined terminal if the first control signal is not externally supplied.

5 . The semiconductor chip according to claim 4 , wherein a selector selecting a path for outputting the first control signal or a path for outputting the second control signal is provided.

6 . The semiconductor chip according to claim 4 , wherein a control register determining a path selected by the selector is provided.

7 . An operation control method of a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip, comprising:

outputting a first control signal to a predetermined terminal with the second semiconductor chip if the first control signal is externally supplied;

outputting a second control signal generated in the second semiconductor chip to the predetermined terminal with the second semiconductor chip if the first control signal is not externally supplied; and

inputting the first or second control signal output to the predetermined terminal to the first semiconductor chip.

8 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first external terminal;

a first semiconductor chip including a first terminal electrically connected with the first external terminal and a second terminal selecting a first control signal input to the first terminal or an internal second control signal to output the selected signal; and

a second semiconductor chip including a third terminal electrically connected with the second terminal, and controlled in response to the first control signal and the second control signal.

9 . The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the first semiconductor chip includes a selector circuit selecting one of the first and second control signals to output the selected signal to the second terminal.

10 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the selector circuit includes a register determining whether to select the first control signal or the second control signal.

11 . The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a second external terminal,

wherein a signal input from the second external terminal is written to the register.

12 . The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the second terminal and the third terminal cannot be directly accessed from the outside.

13 . The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the second terminal, the third terminal, and a line connecting the second and third terminals are sealed.

14 . The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the first semiconductor chip is a logic chip, and the second semiconductor chip is a memory chip.

15 . The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the third terminal is a terminal to input a chip select signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025235/0456 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2007
From: TSUNEKI, KIYOSHI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019482/0632 →