Semiconductor integrated circuit
A circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a first power supply region supplied with a first power supply voltage, and having a first clock distribution network, a second power supply region supplied with a second power supply voltage, and having a second clock distribution network, a PLL circuit which provides a first output signal obtained by making a phase of a reference clock signal for controlling a data input/output coincident with a phase of a clock signal at an end point of the first clock distribution network, to a start point of the first clock distribution network, and a PLL circuit which provides a second output signal obtained by making the phase of the reference clock signal coincident with a phase of a clock signal at an end point of the second clock distribution network, to a start point of the second clock distribution network.
1. A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
a first power supply region supplied with a first power supply voltage, and having a first clock distribution network;
a second power supply region supplied with a second power supply voltage, and having a second clock distribution network;
a first phase synchronizer which provides a first output signal obtained by making a phase of a reference clock signal for controlling a data input/output coincident with a phase of a clock signal at an end point of the first clock distribution network, to a start point of the second clock distribution network; and
a second phase synchronizer which provides a second output signal obtained by making the phase of the clock signal at the end point of the first clock distribution network coincident with a phase of a clock signal at an end point of the second clock distribution network, to a start point of the first clock distribution network,
wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit has a mode for changing a value of the second power supply voltage to a value which is different from a value of the first power supply voltage.
2. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a first divider connected between the first phase synchronizer and the start point of the second clock distribution network.
3. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second divider connected between the end point of the first clock distribution network and the second phase synchronizer; and
a delay circuit connected between the end point of the second clock distribution network and the second phase synchronizer, and having a delay time which is equal to a delay time of the divider.
4. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 3 , wherein a dividing rate of the first divider is equal to a dividing rate of the second divider.
5. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the second phase synchronizer has a function for delaying the first output signal by a delay time according to a phase difference between the phase of the clock signal at the end point of the first clock distribution network and the phase of the clock signal at the end point of the second clock distribution network, and outputting the delayed signal as the second output signal.
6. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the delay circuit which generates a delay time is driven by the second power supply voltage.
7. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first phase synchronizer is a PLL circuit, and the second phase synchronizer is a DLL circuit.