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US 5,349,586 AGranted
Stand by control circuit
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorHiroshi Katsuta
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Abstract
A stand-by control circuit includes a power ON detecting circuit which supplies a flag with a power ON detecting signal to be reset. In a testing mode, the power ON detecting circuit shuts off a current flowing therethrough, so that testing of LSIs each including the stand-by control circuit can be carried out without errors.
Claims2
A stand-by control circuit for an integrated circuit device, comprising:
- a power on detector for detecting a power on state of a power supply, said power on detector including a P-MOSFET, an N-MOSFET, and a NOR gate, said P-MOSFET being connected at a gate to a testing signal line, at a source to said power supply, and at a drain to a drain of said N-MOSFET, said N-MOSFET being connected at a gate to said power supply and at a source to ground, and said NOR gate being connected at two input terminals to said testing signal line and said drain of said P-MOSFET;
- a flag flip-flop which is reset by a power ON detecting signal from said NOR gate;
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- an AND gate connected to set said flag flip-flop in response to a standby flag writing signal and a bus line signal, wherein a testing signal on said testing signal line turns said P-MOSFET OFF and prevents said NOR gate from outputting said power ON detecting signal.
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A stand-by control circuit for an integrated circuit device, comprising:
- a power on detector for detecting a power on state of a power supply, said power on detector including a P-MOSFET, first and second N-MOSFETs, and first and second inverters, said P-MOSFET being connected at a gate to ground, at a source to said power supply and at a drain to a nodal point, said first N-MOSFET being connected at a gate to an output terminal of said first inverter, at a source to a drain of said second N-MOSFET and at a drain to said nodal point, said second N-MOSFET being connected at a gate to mid power supply and at a source to ground, said first inverter being connected at an input terminal to said testing signal line, and said second inverter being connected at an input terminal to said nodal point;
- a flag flip-flop which is reset by a power ON detecting signal from an output terminal of said second inverter;
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- an AND gate connected to set said flag flip-flop in response to a standby flag writing signal and a bus line signal,
- wherein a testing signal on said testing signal line is inverted by said first inverter to turn said first N-MOSFET OFF and said second inverter is prevented from outputting said power ON detecting signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.