IP Library Granted Patent US 7,709,953
Granted Patent B2
US 7,709,953 · App. 12/341,714 · Granted May 4, 2010

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,709,953
App. No.
12/341,714
Granted
May 4, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a multi-chip package semiconductor device, a drive chip having an analog circuit and a logic chip having a digital circuit are mounted within the same package. The driver chip includes a logic-chip power-supply circuit that makes up a logic-chip power supply for the logic chip and a group of operational amplifiers that amplify detection signals from a plurality of sensors. The driver chip has the shape of a square as a whole, and the plurality of operational amplifiers and the logic-chip power-supply circuit are disposed in diagonally opposed positions.

Claims (9)

1. A multi-chip package semiconductor device in which a plurality of chips are mounted within the same package, including:

a driver chip having an analog circuit; and

a logic chip having a digital circuit, wherein

the driver chip includes a logic-chip power-supply circuit that makes up a logic-chip power supply for the logic chip and a plurality of operational amplifiers that amplify detection signals from a plurality of sensors, and wherein

the driver chip has the shape of a square as a whole, and the plurality of operational amplifiers and the logic-chip power-supply circuit are disposed in diagonally opposed positions.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a logic-chip power-supply output terminal for outputting the logic-chip power supply is disposed in the vicinity of the logic-chip power-supply circuit.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further including a band-gap reference voltage generating circuit that generates a reference voltage supplied to the logic-chip power supply, wherein the band-gap reference voltage generating circuit is disposed between the plurality of operational amplifiers and the logic-chip power supply.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of operational amplifiers include a hole amplifier that amplifies signals from a hole element provided outside the semiconductor device.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the logic-chip power-supply output terminal for outputting the logic-chip power supply and the hole amplifier are disposed in diagonally opposed positions.

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 038620, FRAME 0087 Recorded Jun 22, 2023
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