Semiconductor integrated circuit device
View Patent ↗A semiconductor device includes a booster circuit and a detector. The booster circuit is configured to boost an input voltage and output an output voltage, and the detector is configured to output the output voltage, which is output from the booster circuit, and control the booster circuit to generate a plurality of different voltages in accordance with an operating mode.
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a booster circuit configured to boost an input voltage and output an output voltage; and
a detector configured to output the output voltage, which is output from the booster circuit, and control the booster circuit to generate a plurality of different voltages in accordance with an operating mode.
2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the detector includes a comparator configured to compare a set voltage, which is generated from the output voltage and is prescribed in accordance with the operating mode with a reference potential, and use an output signal of the comparator to control the booster circuit.
3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the detector includes a set voltage generator configured to divide the output voltage by resistance division and generate different set voltages prescribed in accordance with the operating mode, the set voltage generator changing a ratio of the resistance division in accordance with the operating mode to generate the different set voltages.
4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
the booster circuit selectively outputs a first booster voltage of a first potential and a second booster voltage of a second potential lower than the first potential in accordance with the different set voltages.
5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4 , the semiconductor device further comprising:
a discharge controller configured to be connected to an internal power source line to which an output voltage of the booster circuit is supplied and make the internal power source line to discharge when the output voltage of the booster circuit switches from the first booster voltage to the second booster voltage.
6. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the discharge controller includes:
a discharge control circuit configured to generate a one-shot pulse signal from a timing when the first booster voltage switches to the second booster voltage; and
a discharger configured to receive the one-shot pulse signal and connect the internal power source line to the ground for discharge.
7. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4 , the semiconductor device further comprising:
a memory configured to write and read data by using an output voltage of the booster circuit.
8. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein
the memory is a flash memory;
the operating modes include a data write mode and a data read mode; and
in the data write mode, the first booster voltage is supplied to a gate of a memory cell in the flash memory, and
in the data read mode, the second booster voltage is supplied to a drain of the memory cell.
9. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein
the flash memory includes:
a memory cell array where a plurality of memory cells are arranged in a matrix;
an X-decoder configured to be connected to gates of the memory cells arranged in a row direction through a plurality of word lines; and
a Y-decoder configured to be connected to drains of the memory cells arranged in a column direction through a plurality of bit lines, wherein
the first booster voltage is supplied through a first switch circuit to the X-decoder, and
the second booster voltage is supplied through a second switch circuit to the Y-decoder.