Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and electronic device
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Application No.: US14967553Application Date: 2015-12-14
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Publication No.: US09647665B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Hiroki Inoue , Takanori Matsuzaki , Shuhei Nagatsuka , Takahiko Ishizu , Tatsuya Onuki
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-254394 20141216
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00 ; H03K19/0185 ; H03K19/00

Abstract:
To provide a semiconductor device that inhibits unexpected output of a high-level signal immediately after the rise of a power supply voltage. A semiconductor device includes a first buffer circuit, a level shifter circuit, and a second buffer circuit. A first potential is supplied to the first buffer circuit, and a second potential is supplied to the level shifter circuit and the second buffer circuit; consequently, the semiconductor device returns to a normal state. The first potential is supplied to the first buffer circuit before the second potential is supplied to the level shifter circuit and the second buffer circuit, whereby the operations of the level shifter circuit and the second buffer circuit can be controlled. This inhibits unexpected output of a high-level signal to a wiring connected to the second buffer circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160173096A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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