Semiconductor apparatus

1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:

a first voltage node that receives a first voltage;

a second voltage node that receives a second voltage lower than said first voltage;

a third voltage node that receives a third voltage higher than said second voltage;

a voltage generation circuit that outputs a fourth voltage between said first voltage and said second voltage; and

a control circuit that regulates said fourth voltage, said control circuit being controlled by a voltage swing between said first voltage and said third voltage.

2. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

said first voltage comprises a positive voltage,

said second voltage comprises a negative voltage, and

said third voltage comprises a ground voltage.

3. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit includes:

a comparator that compares the third voltage with the fourth voltage and switches an oscillator control signal to one of an active state and an inactive state;

an oscillator that outputs the oscillator output signal during a period in which the oscillator control signal is in the active state; and

a charge pump circuit that generates the second voltage based on the oscillator output signal.

4. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage generation circuit includes:

a divided voltage generation circuit that includes a first resistor element and a first transistor connected in series between the first voltage and the second voltage and generates the fourth voltage by dividing a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage based on a resistance ratio of the first resistor element and the first transistor specified according to a level of a first current flowing to the first transistor; and

a current control circuit that includes a second transistor that is connected in a mirror configuration to the first transistor and determines the level of the first current by a control current flowing from a first terminal to a second terminal of the second transistor, and increases and decreases the control current according to an increase and decrease in a voltage difference between the first voltage and the third voltage.

5. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage generation circuit includes:

a divided voltage generation circuit that includes a first resistor element and a first transistor connected in series between the first voltage and the second voltage and generates the fourth voltage by dividing a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage based on a resistance ratio of the first resistor element and the first transistor specified according to a level of a first current flowing to the first transistor; and

a current control circuit that includes a second transistor that is connected in a mirror configuration to the first transistor and determines the level of the first current by a control current flowing from a drain terminal to a source terminal of the second transistor, and increases and decreases the control current according to an increase and decrease in a voltage difference between the first voltage and the third voltage, wherein

the current control circuit includes:

a circuit that includes a resistor group of at least one resistor element connected in series with a third transistor, the third transistor having a drain terminal and a gate terminal short-circuited connected in series between the first voltage and the third voltage and outputs a power supply detection voltage that increases and decreases according to an increase and decrease in the first voltage from any one of a node between resistors of the resistor group and a node between a resistor of the resistor group and the third transistor; and

a third resistor element that is placed between a node outputting the power supply detection voltage and the second transistor and sets a level of the control current, and

the second transistor has the source terminal connected to the second voltage and has the drain terminal and a gate terminal short-circuited.

6. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage generation circuit includes:

a divided voltage generation circuit that includes a first resistor element and a first transistor connected in series between the first voltage and the second voltage and generates the fourth voltage by dividing a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage based on a resistance ratio of the first resistor element and the first transistor specified according to a level of a first current flowing to the first transistor; and

a current control circuit that includes a second transistor that is connected in a mirror configuration to the first transistor and determines the level of the first current by a control current flowing from a first terminal to a second terminal of the second transistor, and increases and decreases the control current according to an increase and decrease in a voltage difference between the first voltage and the third voltage

wherein the control circuit controls a voltage of the second voltage to a target voltage determined by the voltage of the first voltage and the resistance ratio based on the forth voltage.

7. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage generation circuit includes:

a divided voltage generation circuit that includes a resistor element and an element with a resistance value varying according to a control current, and outputs the fourth voltage by dividing the first voltage being a positive voltage and the second voltage being a negative voltage; and

a current control circuit that outputs the control current to the divided voltage generation circuit based on a voltage difference between the first voltage and the third voltage,

wherein the current control circuit reduces variations of the fourth voltage due to variations of the first voltage by increasing the control current when the first voltage rises and decreasing the control current when the first voltage drops.