IP Library Granted Patent US 11,115,009
Granted Patent B2
US 11,115,009 · App. 16/928,229 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Semiconductor integrated circuit

Inventor: Kazuyuki Nakanishi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
H03K3/3562G01R31/318541H03K3/037H03K19/21
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,115,009
App. No.
16/928,229
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first flip-flop that includes a first slave latch, a second flip-flop that includes a second slave latch, and a clock generation circuit that provides a common clock signal to the first flip-flop and the second flip-flop. The first slave latch includes a first inverter, a first feedback inverter that receives an output signal from the first inverter, and a first switch that is connected between an input terminal of the first inverter and an output terminal of the first feedback inverter. The first flip-flop outputs an output signal from the output terminal of the first feedback inverter.

Claims (16)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit, comprising:

a first flip-flop that includes a first input circuit, a first master latch that receives an output signal from the first input circuit, and a first slave latch that receives an output signal from the first master latch;

a second flip-flop that includes a second input circuit, a second master latch that receives an output signal from the second input circuit, and a second slave latch that receives an output signal from the second master latch; and

a clock generation circuit that provides a common clock signal to the first flip-flop and the second flip-flop, wherein

the first slave latch includes a first inverter, a first feedback inverter that receives an output signal from the first inverter, and a first switch that is connected between an input terminal of the first inverter and an output terminal of the first feedback inverter, and

the first flip-flop outputs a data output signal from the output terminal of the first feedback inverter to an outside of the semiconductor integrated circuit.

2. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the first input circuit receives a first data input signal and a first scan input signal, and

the second input circuit receives a second data input signal and a signal outputted from the first inverter without a circuit between the second input circuit and the first inverter.

3. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the first input circuit receives a first data input signal and a first scan input signal, and

the second input circuit receives a second data input signal and a signal to be inputted to the first inverter without a circuit between the second input circuit and the first inverter.

4. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the first inverter is a 2-input NAND gate that receives a reset signal through one of input terminals.

5. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the first feedback inverter is a 2-input NAND gate that receives a set signal through one of input terminals.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2021
From: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
Reel/Frame 056245/0395 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2020
From: NAKANISHI, KAZUYUKI
To: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053531/0994 →