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AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinoru Ito, Hidekichi Shimura
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A semiconductor integrated circuit, a semiconductor integrated circuit control method, and a signal transmission circuit realizing optimization of the performance of a semiconductor integrated circuit and reduction of the power consumption. In the semiconductor integrated circuit, the semiconductor integrated circuit control method, and the signal transmission circuit, functional circuit blocks (400a to 400n) are composed of MIS transistors fabricated on an SOI structure silicon substrate and have at least one potential set including a high-potential side potential, a low-potential side potential, a substrate potential of a P-channel MIS transistor, and a substrate potential of an N-channel MIS transistor. Power supply wirings supply voltages to the potentials included in the potential set, a controller (200) determines the values of the voltages induced in the power supply wirings and instructs a power supply control IC (300) to generate the voltages of the determined values, and the power supply control IC (300) generates the voltages induced in the power supply wirings according to the instruction of the controller (200).
A semiconductor integrated circuit configured with Metal Insulated Semiconductor transistors formed on a silicon substrate having a Silicon On Insulator structure, comprising a first logic gate and a second logic gate, wherein:
A semiconductor integrated circuit configured with Metal Insulated Semiconductor transistors formed on a silicon substrate having a Silicon On Insulator structure, comprising a first logic gate and a second logic gate, wherein:
A semiconductor integrated circuit configured with Metal Insulated Semiconductor transistors formed on a silicon substrate having a Silicon On Insulator structure, comprising a first logic gate and a second logic gate, wherein:
A semiconductor integrated circuit configured with Metal Insulated Semiconductor transistors formed on a silicon substrate having a Silicon On Insulator structure, comprising:
A signal transmission circuit that transmits signals from a first logic gate having a different power supply voltage to a second logic gate, and makes a switching voltage of the first logic gate and a switching voltage of the second logic gate substantially the same.
A control method for controlling a semiconductor integrated circuit that is configured with Metal Insulated Semiconductor transistors formed on a silicon substrate having a Silicon On Insulator structure and comprises:
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