Semiconductor integrated circuit
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHiromi Ogata
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Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit able to reduce a load of layout design when arranging switches in a power lines for preventing leakage current and able to reduce the influence of a voltage drop occurring in the switches on a signal delay, wherein a plurality of groups of power lines are arranged in stripe shapes, power is supplied to circuit cells by a plurality of groups of branch lines branching from the groups of power lines, power switch cells arranged in the groups of branch lines turn on or off the supply of power to the circuit cells, the power switch cells are arranged dispersed in the area of arrangement of the circuit cells, and the supply of power by the power switch cells is finely controlled for every relatively small number of circuit cells.
Claims4
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
- a plurality of circuit cells;
- a group of power lines;
- a power switch cell connected to said groups of power lines;
- a group of branch lines connected to said power switch cell and supplying power to at least one of said circuit cells;
- wherein
- said power switch cell turns on or off the supply of power to at least one branch line included in said groups of branch lines in accordance with an input control signal, and
- at least part of said power switch cell is included in an area under said groups of power lines.
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
- a plurality of circuit cells;
- a group of power lines;
- a group of branch lines connected to at least one of the power line of said group of power lines and supplying power to at least one circuit cells;
- and
- a power switch cell arranged between a branch line of said group of branch lines and a power line of said group of power lines and turning on or off in accordance with a control signal, and
- at least part of said power switch cell is included in an area under said groups of power lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.