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US 9,425,798 · App. 14/375,344 · Granted Aug 23, 2016

Reconfigurable semiconductor device

Inventors: Masayuki Satou (Tokyo, JP); Koshi Sato (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
H03K19/177G01R31/2607G11C29/00H03K19/1776H03K19/17728G11C7/00G11C8/10
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Patent No.
US 9,425,798
App. No.
14/375,344
Granted
Aug 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device capable of reconfiguration, including: a plurality of logic units which configure an array and are connected to each other, wherein each logic unit includes a pair of a first and a second memory cell units, each of the first and the second memory cell units operates as a logic element when truth value table data is written in, which is configured so that a logic calculation of an input value specified by a plurality of addresses is output to a data line, and/or operates as a connection element when truth value table data is written in, which is configured so that an input value specified by a certain address is output to a data line to be connected to an address of another memory cell unit, a latter stage of the first memory cell unit includes a sequential circuit which synchronizes with a clock, and the logic units include, for each pair of the first and the second memory cell units, a selection unit which selectively outputs an address to the first or the second memory cell unit in accordance with an operation switch signal.

Claims (23)

1. A semiconductor device capable of reconfiguration, comprising:

a plurality of logic units which configure an array and are connected to each other,

wherein each logic unit includes a pair of a first and a second memory cell units,

each of the first and the second memory cell units operates as a logic element when truth value table data is written in, which is configured so that a logic calculation of an input value specified by a plurality of addresses is output to a data line, and/or operates as a connection element when truth value table data is written in, which is configured so that an input value specified by a certain address is output to a data line to be connected to an address of another memory cell unit,

a latter stage of the first memory cell unit includes a sequential circuit which synchronizes with a clock, and

the logic units include, for each pair of the first and the second memory cell units, a selection unit which selectively outputs an address to the first or the second memory cell unit in accordance with an operation switch signal.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the logic units include, for each pair of the first and the second memory cell units, an address decoder which decodes an address input from N (N being an integer of 2 or more) number of address lines, and outputs a word selection signal to a word line,

each of the first and the second memory cell units is connected to the word line and the data line, stores data configuring the truth value table, and has a plurality of storage elements which input and output the data to the data line by the word selection signal input from the word line, and

the respective N number of address lines of the first and the second memory cell units are connected to the data line of the memory cell units of the other N number of logic units.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , which is connected to a test device,

wherein

the second memory cell unit is capable of reconfiguring a logic circuit identical to a logic circuit of the test device in accordance with the truth table data defining the logic circuit of the test device, and judges whether an expected value of an output of the test device stored in a first memory cell unit set is consistent with the output of the test device.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising an analog circuit unit, wherein

the analog circuit unit includes a plurality of electric circuit units disposed in an array,

each of the electric circuit unit includes an analog digital converter, a digital analog converter, and an operational amplifier, and

a plurality of functional blocks obtained by dividing an analog circuit of a reconfiguration object are subjected to circuit configuration by the analog digital converter, the digital analog converter and the operational amplifier of the electric circuit units, and any one of the plurality of electric circuit units subjected to the circuit configuration is connected to each other by an analog switch, so that the analog circuit of the reconfiguration object is configured.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein

the plurality of electric circuit units are connected to each other via a wiring plate disposed in a lower portion.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising a memory, wherein

the memory stores a circuit description of an analog circuit of a reconfiguration object, and

each electric circuit unit reads out the circuit description at a time of activation, and operates so as to reconfigure a circuit in each electric circuit unit by an analog switch.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , which configures an analog circuit of a reconfiguration object and electrically verifies a function of the analog circuit of the reconfiguration object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2014
From: SATOU, MASAYUKI; SATO, KOSHI
To: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-090622 · Apr 11, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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