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US 2014/0197873 A1Published application
Semiconductor Device
AssigneeSemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
InventorTatsuji Nishijima
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Abstract
An object of one embodiment of the present invention to provide a latch circuit includes a level shifter and a buffer in which transistors each including a channel region formed in an oxide semiconductor film are connected in series. Thus, data can be held in the latch circuit even when power is not supplied.
Claims22
(canceled)
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a level shifter;
- a first buffer;
- and
- a second buffer,
- wherein the first buffer comprises a first transistor and a second transistor connected in series,
- wherein the second buffer comprises a third transistor and a fourth transistor connected in series,
- wherein the level shifter comprises a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, and a seventh transistor connected in series and an eighth transistor, a ninth transistor, and a tenth transistor connected in series,
- wherein a gate of the second transistor, a gate of the third transistor, and a gate of the eighth transistor are electrically connected to each other,
- wherein a gate of the first transistor, a gate of the fourth transistor, and a gate of the fifth transistor are electrically connected each other,
- wherein a gate of the sixth transistor and a gate of the seventh transistor are electrically connected to a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the second transistor, and
- wherein a gate of the ninth transistor and a gate of the tenth transistor are electrically connected to a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the third transistor and one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor, and
- wherein the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the seventh transistor, and the tenth transistor are n-channel transistors.
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A semiconductor device comprising:
- a level shifter;
- a first buffer;
- a second buffer;
- a first switch;
- and
- a second switch;
- wherein the first buffer comprises a first transistor and a second transistor connected in series,
- wherein the second buffer comprises a third transistor and a fourth transistor connected in series,
- wherein the level shifter comprises a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, and a seventh transistor connected in series and an eighth transistor, a ninth transistor, and a tenth transistor connected in series,
- wherein a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the sixth transistor and one of a source and a drain of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, a gate of the third transistor, and a gate of the eighth transistor via the first switch,
- wherein a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the ninth transistor and one of a source and a drain of the tenth transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, a gate of the fourth transistor, and a gate of the fifth transistor via the second switch,
- wherein a gate of the sixth transistor and a gate of the seventh transistor are electrically connected to a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the second transistor,
- wherein a gate of the ninth transistor and a gate of the tenth transistor are electrically connected to a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the third transistor and one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor, and
- wherein the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the seventh transistor, and the tenth transistor are n-channel transistors.
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A semiconductor device comprising:
- a level shifter;
- a first buffer;
- a second buffer;
- a first switch;
- a second switch;
- a first terminal;
- a second terminal configured to receive an inverted signal of a signal input to the first terminal;
- and
- a third terminal configured to receive a clock signal for controlling states of the first switch and the second switch,
- wherein the first buffer comprises a first transistor and a second transistor connected in series,
- wherein the second buffer comprises a third transistor and a fourth transistor connected in series,
- wherein the level shifter comprises a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, and a seventh transistor connected in series and an eighth transistor, a ninth transistor, and a tenth transistor connected in series,
- wherein a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the sixth transistor and one of a source and a drain of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, a gate of the third transistor, and a gate of the eighth transistor via the first switch,
- wherein a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the ninth transistor and one of a source and a drain of the tenth transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, a gate of the fourth transistor, and a gate of the fifth transistor via the second switch,
- wherein one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the sixth transistor,
- wherein one of a source and a drain of the eighth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the ninth transistor,
- wherein a gate of the sixth transistor and a gate of the seventh transistor are electrically connected to a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the second transistor,
- wherein a gate of the ninth transistor and a gate of the tenth transistor are electrically connected to a connection portion of one of a source and a drain of the third transistor and one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor, and
- wherein the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the seventh transistor, and the tenth transistor are n-channel transistors.
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