IP Library Granted Patent US 7,804,331
Granted Patent B2
US 7,804,331 · App. 12/155,283 · Granted Sep 28, 2010

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,804,331
App. No.
12/155,283
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an output stage circuit including a first conductive type first transistor and a second conductive type second transistor, the first conductive type first transistor being connected between a first power supply terminal and an output terminal, the second conductive type second transistor being connected between a second power supply terminal and the output terminal and having a leak current larger than that of the first transistor, and an input stage circuit outputting a logic value setting the first transistor to a non-conductive state and setting the second transistor to a conductive state in accordance with a logic circuit disable signal input when the output stage circuit is in a disable state.

Claims (12)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an output stage circuit including a first conductive type first transistor and a second conductive type second transistor, the first conductive type first transistor being connected between a first power supply terminal and an output terminal, the second conductive type second transistor being connected between a second power supply terminal and the output terminal and having a leak current larger than that of the first transistor; and

an input stage circuit outputting a logic value setting the first transistor to a non-conductive state and setting the second transistor to a conductive state in accordance with a logic circuit disable signal input when the output stage circuit is in a disable state, wherein the input stage circuit comprises an output fixing circuit fixing an output of the input stage circuit,

wherein the output fixing circuit comprises a third transistor of the first conductive type and a fourth transistor of the second conductive type, gates of the third and fourth transistors connected to each other,

wherein the fourth transistor is connected between the second power supply and the input terminal of the output stage converter.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a leak current flowing in the input stage circuit is smaller than a leak current of the second transistor.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the output fixing circuit fixes an output of the input stage circuit in accordance with a logic circuit disable signal input when the output stage circuit is in a disable state.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein an output side of the output stage circuit has a large line length.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein an output side of the output stage circuit has a greater number of fan outs.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the output stage circuit and the input stage circuit form a pipeline stage processing part in a microcomputer.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the logic circuit disable signal switches the pipeline stage processing part in the microcomputer to a disable state according to the logic value.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the line length is greater than or equal to 200 μm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025214/0696 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2008
From: SUGIMOTO, HIDEKI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021086/0791 →