Semiconductor device
AssigneeRohm Co., Ltd.
InventorSeiji Tokumasu
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Abstract
A clock distribution circuit receives a clock signal, and distributes the clock signal thus received to multiple paths. A digital circuit is configured as multiple separate regions, each associated with a respective one of the multiple paths. Each region receives a common power supply voltage Vdd. Furthermore, each region operates synchronously with the corresponding clock signal thus distributed by the clock distribution circuit. When the clock signal transmits from the non-input state to the input state, the clock distribution circuit each distributes the clock signal to the multiple paths in a temporally staggered manner.
Claims5
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a clock distribution circuit which receives a clock signal, and distributes the clock signal thus received to a plurality of paths;
- a digital circuit which is configured as a plurality of regions, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of paths, and each of which receives a common power supply voltage, and each of which operates synchronously with the corresponding clock signal thus distributed by the clock distribution circuit,
- wherein, when the clock signal transits from the non-input state to the input state, the clock distribution circuit each distributes the clock signals to the plurality of paths in a temporally staggered manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.