Semiconductor device adaptable to a plurality of kinds of interfaces
AssigneeRenesas Technology Corp.
InventorsTakeo Okamoto, Tadaaki Yamauchi, Shinichi Jinbo, Makoto Suwa, Junko Matsumoto
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Abstract
An input circuit includes a gate circuit receiving an output power supply voltage that determines the logic level of an input signal or a comparison circuit receiving an input signal and a reference voltage depending on the output power supply voltage supplied from a pad different from a power supply pad for an output circuit. Even if the output power supply voltage varies to cause the input signal to change, whether the input signal is at H level or L level can accurately be determined and an internal signal is generated correctly
Claims3
A semiconductor device comprising:
- reference voltage generation circuitry configured for generating, based on a first power supply voltage supplied from a first power supply pad, a reference voltage dependent on said first power supply voltage;
- a first input circuit configured for receiving a first input signal applied externally to said semiconductor device and determining a logic level of said first input signal in accordance with a relation between voltage levels of said reference voltage and said first input signal, and generating a first internal signal for an internal circuit of said semiconductor device, said first internal signal having a level of a second power supply voltage different from a level of said first power supply voltage in accordance with a result of determination;
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- an output circuit configured for receiving said first power supply voltage, the same as the voltage applied to said reference voltage generation circuit, as an operating power supply voltage and buffering a received signal from the internal circuit and outputting a resultant signal externally to said semiconductor device, wherein
- said first input circuit includes a differential amplifying circuit configured for receiving said second power supply voltage as an operating power supply voltage to operate, differentially amplifying said first input signal and said reference voltage, and generating said first internal signal in accordance with a result of differential amplification.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- reference voltage generation circuitry configured for generating, based on a first power supply voltage supplied from a first power supply pad, a reference voltage dependent on said first power supply voltage;
- a first input circuit configured for receiving a first input signal applied externally to said semiconductor device and determining a logic level of said first input signal in accordance with a relation between voltage levels of said reference voltage and said first input signal, and generating a first internal signal for an internal circuit of said semiconductor device, said first internal signal having a level of a second power supply voltage different from a level of said first power supply voltage in accordance with a result of determination;
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- an output circuit configured for receiving said first power supply voltage, the same as the voltage applied to said reference voltage generation circuit, as an operation power supply voltage and buffering a received signal from the internal circuit and outputting a resultant signal externally to said semiconductor device, wherein
- said output circuit receives the first power supply voltage through a second pad provided separately from said first power supply pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.