Semiconductor device
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
InventorsEriko Shigesawa, Akio Ogura
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first terminal which is coupled to a first node and to which a control signal is externally input, a first circuit coupled to the first node, configured to switch based on a logic level of the first node between a first state where a first voltage is not output to a second node and a second state where the first voltage is output to the second node, and configured to control a slew rate of an output voltage at a time of switching from the first state to the second state, and a second circuit including a switch circuit which includes one end coupled to the first node and another end applied with a second voltage, and configured to control the switch circuit based on a voltage at the second node.
Claims13
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a first terminal which is coupled to a first node and to which a control signal is externally input;
- a first circuit coupled to the first node, configured to switch based on a logic level of the first node between a first state where a first voltage is not output to a second node and a second state where the first voltage is output to the second node, and configured to control a slew rate of an output voltage at a time of switching from the first state to the second state;
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- a second circuit including a switch circuit which includes one end coupled to the first node and another end applied with a second voltage, and configured to control the switch circuit based on a voltage at the second node, wherein
- the second voltage is a ground voltage, and
- the second circuit is configured to set the switch circuit to a decoupled state in a case where the voltage at the second node is higher than a third voltage, and is configured to set the switch circuit to a coupled state in a case where the voltage at the second node is lower than the third voltage.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a first terminal which is coupled to a first node and to which a control signal is externally input;
- a first circuit coupled to the first node, configured to switch based on a logic level of the first node between a first state where a first voltage is not output to a second node and a second state where the first voltage is output to the second node, and configured to control a slew rate of an output voltage at a time of switching from the first state to the second state;
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- a second circuit including a switch circuit which includes one end coupled to the first node and another end applied with a second voltage, and configured to control the switch circuit based on a voltage at the second node, wherein
- the second voltage is a power supply voltage, and
- the second circuit is configured to set the switch circuit to a decoupled state in a case where the voltage at the second node is higher than a third voltage, and is configured to set the switch circuit to a coupled state in a case where the voltage at the second node is lower than the third voltage.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a first terminal which is coupled to a first node and to which a control signal is externally input;
- a first circuit configured to switch based on a logic level of the first node between a first state where a first signal is not output to a second node and a second state where the first signal is output to the second node;
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- a second circuit including a switch circuit which includes one end coupled to the first node and another end applied with a second voltage, and configured to control the switch circuit based on the first signal applied to the second node wherein
- the second circuit further includes a resistor element that is coupled in series to the one end of the switch circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.