# US 2018/0323779 A1 · Semiconductor device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0323779 A1 - Document ID: US20180323779A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/024,097 - Filed: 2018-06-29 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-08-27 - Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation - Applicants: Renesas Electronics Corporation - Inventors: Koichiro NOGUCHI; Koichi NOSE; Yoshifumi IKENAGA; Yoichi YOSHIDA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180323779A1 ## CPC - H03K 17/162: {without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit} - H02M 1/36: Means for starting or stopping converters - H02M 3/07: using capacitors charged and discharged alternately by semiconductor devices with control electrode {, e.g. charge pumps} - H02M 3/155: using semiconductor devices only - G05F 1/56: using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices (G05F1/461 takes precedence) - H02J 9/06: with automatic change-over {, e.g. UPS systems} - H02J 9/061: {for DC powered loads} - H02J 9/068: {Electronic means for switching from one power supply to another power supply, e.g. to avoid parallel connection} - H03K 17/0814: by measures taken in the output circuit - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) - G05F: SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY ## Abstract According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a first switch SWx which switches whether or not to supply a first power supply voltage Vx generated by accumulating a charge outputted from a power source 10, as a second power supply voltage VDD to a first circuit 13, and a second switch SW1 which switches whether or not to connect to the first circuit 13 a smoothing capacitor C1 which suppresses a fluctuation of the second power supply voltage VDD, and the first switch SWx is switched to an on state in response to that the first power supply voltage Vx has reached a sufficient voltage, and then the second switch SW1 is switched to the on state in response to that the second power supply voltage VDD has reached a sufficient voltage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A semiconductor device comprising: a first terminal is connected with one end of a charging capacitor that generates a first power supply voltage; a second terminal that is connected with one end of a power supply wiring that supplies a second power supply voltage to a first circuit; a third terminal that is connected with one end of a smoothing capacitor that suppresses a fluctuation of the second power supply voltage; a first switch that is provided between the first terminal and the second terminal; a second switch that is provided between the second terminal and the third terminal; and a control circuit that controls an on/off state of the first switch and the second switch, wherein, after switching the first switch from the off state to the on state, the control circuit switches the second switch from the off state to the on state according to a voltage level of the second power supply voltage, and wherein the control circuit switches the first switch from the off state to the on state in response to that the first power supply voltage has reached a first setting voltage, and switches the first switch from the off state and the on state in response to that the first power supply voltage has reached a second setting voltage lower than the first setting voltage. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit switches the second switch from the off state to the on state in response to that the second power supply voltage has reached a third setting voltage, and switches the second switch from the off state from the on state in response to that the second power supply voltage has reached a fourth setting voltage lower than the third setting voltage. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein the third setting voltage is higher than the first setting voltage, and the fourth setting voltage is higher than the second setting voltage and is lower than the first setting voltage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit includes a first voltage detection circuit and a second voltage detection circuit, the first voltage detection circuit controls the first switch in the on state until a voltage of the first power supply voltage reaches a first setting voltage and then reaches a second setting voltage lower than the first setting voltage, and the second voltage detection circuit controls the second switch in the on state until a voltage of the second power supply voltage reaches a third setting voltage, and then reaches a fourth setting voltage lower than the third setting voltage. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit includes a voltage detection circuit and a capacitance connection determination circuit, the voltage detection circuit controls the first switch in the on state until a voltage of the first power supply voltage reaches a first setting voltage, and reaches a second setting voltage lower than the first setting voltage, and the capacitance connection determination circuit controls the second switch in the on state in response to that the voltage detection circuit has switched the switch to the on state and in response to reception of an activation notification signal for notifying that activation has been finished from the first circuit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising: a current limiting resistor that is inserted in series to the second switch; and a third switch that is connected in parallel to the second switch and the current limiting resistor, wherein the control circuit switches the third switch from the off state to the on state in response to that a voltage of the third terminal has reached a certain voltage value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein, in case where the smoothing capacitor is a first smoothing capacitor, the semiconductor device further comprises: a fourth terminal that is connected with the one end of the charging capacitor; a fifth terminal that is connected with the one terminal of the power supply wiring that supplies a third power supply voltage to a second circuit; a sixth terminal that is connected with one end of a second smoothing capacitor that suppresses a fluctuation of the third power supply voltage; a third switch that is provided between the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal; and a fourth switch that is provided between the fifth terminal and the sixth terminal, after switching the third switch from the off state to the on state, the control circuit switches the fourth switch from the off state to the on state in response to that the third power supply voltage has satisfied the certain conditions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The semiconductor device according to claim 7, wherein, in case where the charging capacitor is a first charging capacitor, the semiconductor device further comprises: a seventh terminal that is connected to one end of a second charging capacitor whose one end is connected to the fourth terminal; an eighth terminal that is connected to a power source; and a fifth switch that is provided between the seventh terminal and the eighth terminal, the control circuit switches the fifth switch from the off state to the on state in response to an activation request for activating the second circuit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein, in case where the smoothing capacitor is a first smoothing capacitor and the charging capacitor is a first charging capacitor, the semiconductor device further comprises: a fourth terminal that is connected with the one end of the charging capacitor; a fifth terminal that is connected with the one end of the power supply wiring that supplies a third power supply voltage to a second circuit; a sixth terminal that is connected with one end of a second smoothing capacitor that suppresses a fluctuation of the third power supply voltage; a seventh terminal that is connected to one end of a second charging capacitor whose one end is connected to the fourth terminal; an eighth terminal that is connected to a power source; a third switch that is provided between the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal; and a fourth switch that is provided between the seventh terminal and the eighth terminal, and the control circuit switches the fourth switch from the off state to the on state and switches the third switch from the off state to the on state in response to an activation request for activating the second circuit.