IP Library Granted Patent US 9,106,225
Granted Patent B2
US 9,106,225 · App. 13/948,778 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Semiconductor integrated circuit

Inventors: Chen kong Teh (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Hara (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
H03K19/096H03K3/356156H03K19/0963
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Patent No.
US 9,106,225
App. No.
13/948,778
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a state holding circuit that inputs an output of one inverter to another inverter with each other; an input circuit that causes a state of the state holding circuit to transition based on a data signal; a first first-conductive transistor that is inserted between an input of the one inverter and an output of the another inverter and is controlled by the data signal; and a first second-conductive transistor that is connected in parallel with the first first-conductive transistor and is controlled by the data signal.

Claims (55)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:

a first inverter;

a first first-conductive transistor that is connected to an input of the first inverter, and inputs a first data signal to the first inverter according to a first level of a clock signal;

a first second-conductive transistor that is connected to an output of the first inverter, and turns on according to a second level of the clock signal;

a second inverter;

a second first-conductive transistor that is connected to an input of the second inverter, and inputs a second data signal to the second inverter according to a first level of a clock signal;

a second second-conductive transistor that is connected to an output of the second inverter, and turns on according to the second level of the clock signal;

a third first-conductive transistor that is inserted between an output of the first inverter and an input of the second inverter, and turns on according to the first level of the first data signal; and

a third second-conductive transistor that is connected in parallel with the third first-conductive transistor, and turns on according to the second level of the first data signal.

2. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a forth first-conductive transistor that is inserted between an input of the first inverter and an output of the second inverter, and turns on according to the first level of the second data signal; and

a forth second-conductive transistor that is connected in parallel with the forth first-conductive transistor, and turns on according to the second level of the second data signal.

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

the first data signal is input to the first first-conductive transistor; and

the second data signal is input to the second first-conductive transistor.

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

the first data signal is an inverted signal of the second data signal.

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

the first inverter outputs a first output signal; and

the second inverter outputs a second output signal.

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

the second output signal is an inverted signal of the first output signal.

7. A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:

a first inverter;

a first first-conductive transistor that is connected to an input of the first inverter, and a clock signal being input to a gate of the first first-conductive transistor;

a first second-conductive transistor that is connected to an output of the first inverter, and the clock signal being input to a gate of the first second-conductive transistor;

a second inverter;

a second first-conductive transistor that is connected to an input of the second inverter, and the clock signal being input to a gate of the second first-conductive transistor;

a second second-conductive transistor that is connected to an output of the second inverter, and the clock signal being input to a gate of the second second-conductive transistor;

a third first-conductive transistor that is inserted between an output of the first inverter and an input of the second inverter, and a first data signal being input to a gate of the third first-conductive transistor; and

a third second-conductive transistor that is connected in parallel with the third first-conductive transistor, and the first data signal being input to a gate of the third second-conductive transistor.

8. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a forth first-conductive transistor that is inserted between an input of the first inverter and an output of the second inverter, and a second data signal being input to a gate of the forth first-conductive transistor; and

a forth second-conductive transistor that is connected in parallel with the forth first-conductive transistor, and the second data signal being input to a gate of the forth second-conductive transistor.

9. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 8 , wherein

the first data signal is input to the first first-conductive transistor; and

the second data signal is input to the second first-conductive transistor.

10. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 9 , wherein

the first data signal is an inverted signal of the second data signal.

11. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 7 , wherein

the first inverter outputs a first output signal; and

the second inverter outputs a second output signal.

12. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 11 , wherein

the second output signal is an inverted signal of the first output signal.

13. A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:

a state holding circuit that inputs an output of one inverter to another inverter with each other;

a data terminal that a data signal is input to;

a first first-conductive transistor that transmits a state of the data signal to an input of the one inverter when a clock signal is in a first level;

a second first-conductive transistor that is inserted between an output of the one inverter and an input of the other inverter, and turns on when the data signal is in a first level; and

a first second-conductive transistor that is connected in parallel with the second first-conductive transistor, and turns on when the data signal is in a second level, wherein

a gate of the second first-conductive transistor or a gate of the first second-conductive transistor is directly connected to the data terminal.

14. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 13 , wherein

a gate of the second first-conductive transistor is directly connected to a gate of the first second-conductive transistor.

15. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 13 , wherein

a gate of the second first-conductive transistor is directly connected to the data terminal.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-172278 · Jul 23, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 12722837 · Mar 12, 2010
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