Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Fumio Sandoh

Kazuo Tomizuka

Sakae Sugayama

Takao Saeki

A semiconductor integrated circuit includes interconnection lines (7) between a plurality of circuit blocks (25-29) having different functions, and shield electrodes (70, 2a, 2b, 2c 3a, 3b, 3c, 5c1, 5c2, 6a1, 6a2) for protecting the interconnection lines (7) from undesirable radiation.

Semiconductor integrated circuit with shield electrodes for protecting

A semiconductor integrated circuit for a radio comprises: a front end circuit block (1) including at least an oscillation circuit (1b) and a mixing circuit (1c), for converting an RF signal to an IF signal; and an IF amplifying circuit block (2) for amplifying the IF signal and limiting an amplitude thereof, and the front end circuit block (1) is covered with shield electrodes (17, 17a, 17b, 17c) connected to a predetermined potential.

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