IP Library Granted Patent US 8,183,897
Granted Patent B2
US 8,183,897 · App. 12/697,514 · Granted May 22, 2012

Integrated circuit device and electronic apparatus

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,183,897
App. No.
12/697,514
Granted
May 22, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit device includes: an internal circuit; a ground terminal; a first terminal that is provided with a first signal that becomes to be a ground level during at least a portion of a period in which the internal circuit is operating; a detection circuit that compares a voltage on the first terminal and a voltage on the ground terminal, thereby detecting an open state of the ground terminal; and a setting circuit that sets the internal circuit to a reset state or a disabled state when the open state of the ground terminal is detected by the detection circuit.

Claims (19)

1. An integrated circuit device comprising:

an internal circuit;

a ground terminal;

a first terminal that is provided with a first signal that becomes to be a ground level during at least a portion of a period in which the internal circuit is operating, the first terminal being a clock terminal that receives a clock signal as the first signal;

a detection circuit that compares a voltage on the first terminal and a voltage on the ground terminal, thereby detecting an open state of the ground terminal; and

a setting circuit that sets the internal circuit to a reset state or a disabled state when the open state of the ground terminal is detected by the detection circuit.

2. An integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second terminal and an I/O cell that receives a second signal inputted through the second terminal,

wherein the I/O cell includes an electrostatic protection element provided between the second terminal and the ground, and the second signal is a signal that becomes a ground level for at least a part of a period in which the internal circuit operates.

3. An integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection circuit includes a voltage comparator circuit having

a first transistor of a first conductivity type having a control node that receives a voltage on the first terminal,

a second transistor of the first conductivity type having a control node that receives a voltage on the ground terminal and forming a differential pair with the first transistor,

a current mirror circuit that is a load of the differential pair composed of the first transistor and the second transistor, and

a third transistor as a current source transistor that supplies an operation current to the differential pair and the current mirror circuit.

4. An electronic apparatus that includes the integrated circuit device recited in claim 1 .

5. An integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the setting circuit has a latch circuit that retains the level of an operation state control signal for setting the internal circuit to a reset state or a disabled state upon detection of the open state of the ground terminal by the detection circuit to an active level in a period in which the internal circuit is in an enabled state.

6. An integrated circuit device according to claim 5 ,

further comprising an enable terminal for inputting an enable signal for switching between enabling and disabling the internal circuit,

wherein, when the enable signal changes from an active level to a non-active level thereby changing the internal circuit from an enabled state to a disabled state, the latch circuit is also reset.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2024
From: CRYSTAL LEAP ZRT
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066761/0627 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 1, 2024
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: CRYSTAL LEAP ZRT
Reel/Frame 066162/0434 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2010
From: HARA, TOMOKO; NIMURA, YOSHIHIKO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023881/0062 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-022711 · Feb 3, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100194452A1 · Aug 5, 2010