Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device having plurality of operation modes
- Patent Title (中): 具有多种操作模式的半导体器件
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Application No.: US12492475Application Date: 2009-06-26
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Publication No.: US08120983B2Publication Date: 2012-02-21
- Inventor: Eiji Suetsugu , Wataru Hayashi
- Applicant: Eiji Suetsugu , Wataru Hayashi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-000968 20090106
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14

Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes: a first level detecting circuit for detecting a voltage level at a control terminal after a prescribed time period from when a power supply voltage is supplied to a power supply terminal, a control unit for selecting in which operation mode among a plurality of operation modes the semiconductor device operates, based on a result of detection by the first level detecting circuit; and a regulator for generating an internal power supply voltage based on the power supply voltage supplied to the power supply terminal. The first level detecting circuit and the control unit receive the internal power supply voltage as an operating power supply voltage. In an operation mode, among the plurality of operation modes, where a power supply voltage having a level different from that of a power supply voltage in other operation modes is supplied to the power supply terminal, the control unit performs data processing by using the power supply voltage supplied to the power supply terminal.
Public/Granted literature
- US07929371B2 Semiconductor device having plurality of operation modes Public/Granted day:2011-04-19
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