Semiconductor circuit device having hierarchical power supply structure
AssigneeRenesas Technology Corp.
InventorsTsukasa Ooishi, Hideto Hidaka
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Abstract
Resistance elements are inserted into a main power supply line and a main ground line so that offset differential amplifiers receive voltages developed across the same. The differential amplifiers control transistors connected to a sub power supply line and a sub ground line. Thus, a leakage current flowing from the sub power supply line to the main ground line and that flowing from the main power supply line to the sub ground line are regularly kept constant. Consequently, it is possible to prevent an operation delay in an initial stage of a standby state while keeping an effect of reducing a subthreshold leakage current in a semiconductor circuit device having a hierarchical power supply structure.
Claims2
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a plurality of power supply systems each supplying power to a plurality of circuits, and
- a control circuit transmitting first control signals to said plurality of power supply systems,
- said plurality of power supply systems receiving said first control signals from said control circuit to supply power to a group of desired circuits,
- wherein said plurality of power supply systems notify said control circuit that supply of power is started.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.