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US 11,948,945 · App. 17/611,689 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Semiconductor device and wireless communication device with the semiconductor device

Inventors: Yuto Yakubo (Kanagawa, JP); Hitoshi Kunitake (Kanagawa, JP); Takayuki Ikeda (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1207H01L27/1225H03B5/12H01L27/124H04B1/40
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Patent No.
US 11,948,945
App. No.
17/611,689
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device with a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oscillation circuit including a first coil, a second coil, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first transistor, and a second transistor and a frequency correction circuit including a third capacitor, a fourth capacitor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a switching circuit. The switching circuit has a function of controlling a conduction state or a non-conduction state of the third transistor and the fourth transistor. The frequency correction circuit is provided above the oscillation circuit and has a function of adjusting an oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit. The first transistor and the second transistor each include a semiconductor layer containing silicon in a channel formation region. The third transistor and the fourth transistor each include a semiconductor layer containing an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

Claims (42)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an oscillation circuit comprising a first coil, a second coil, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first transistor, and a second transistor; and

a frequency correction circuit comprising a third capacitor, a fourth capacitor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a switching circuit,

wherein the switching circuit is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state of the third transistor and the fourth transistor,

wherein the frequency correction circuit is provided above the oscillation circuit and is configured to adjust an oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit,

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor each comprise a semiconductor layer comprising silicon in a channel formation region, and

wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor each comprise a semiconductor layer comprising an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the switching circuit comprises a fifth transistor to an eighth transistor, and

wherein the fifth transistor to the eighth transistor each comprise a semiconductor layer comprising an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the fifth transistor is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state between a gate of the third transistor and the third capacitor,

wherein the sixth transistor is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state between a gate of the fourth transistor and the fourth capacitor,

wherein the seventh transistor is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state between the gate of the third transistor and a wiring supplying a low power supply potential, and

wherein the eighth transistor is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state between the gate of the fourth transistor and the wiring supplying the low power supply potential.

4. A wireless communication device comprising:

an integrated circuit comprising an antenna, a mixer, an oscillator, and an analog-digital converter circuit,

wherein the oscillator comprises:

an oscillation circuit comprising a first coil, a second coil, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first transistor, and a second transistor; and

a frequency correction circuit comprising a third capacitor, a fourth capacitor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a switching circuit,

wherein the switching circuit is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state of the third transistor and the fourth transistor,

wherein the frequency correction circuit is provided above the oscillation circuit and is configured to adjust an oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit,

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor each comprise a semiconductor layer comprising silicon in a channel formation region, and

wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor each comprise a semiconductor layer comprising an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

5. The wireless communication device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the switching circuit comprises a fifth transistor to an eighth transistor, and

wherein the fifth transistor to the eighth transistor each comprise a semiconductor layer comprising an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

6. The wireless communication device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the fifth transistor is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state between a gate of the third transistor and the third capacitor,

wherein the sixth transistor is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state between a gate of the fourth transistor and the fourth capacitor,

wherein the seventh transistor is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state between the gate of the third transistor and a wiring supplying a low power supply potential, and

wherein the eighth transistor is configured to control a conduction state or a non-conduction state between the gate of the fourth transistor and the wiring supplying the low power supply potential.

7. The wireless communication device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the analog-digital converter circuit comprises a comparison circuit,

wherein the comparison circuit comprises a differential amplifier circuit and an offset correction circuit,

wherein the differential amplifier circuit comprises an output terminal and an inverted output terminal,

wherein the offset correction circuit comprises a constant current circuit and a ninth transistor to a twelfth transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the ninth transistor is electrically connected to the output terminal,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the tenth transistor is electrically connected to the inverted output terminal,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the eleventh transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the ninth transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the twelfth transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the tenth transistor, and

wherein the eleventh transistor and the twelfth transistor each comprise a semiconductor layer comprising an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2021
From: YAKUBO, YUTO; KUNITAKE, HITOSHI; IKEDA, TAKAYUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-102035 · May 31, 2019 · national
JP 2019-102038 · May 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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