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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2020
Applicants:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuki Watanabe, Funabashi Chiba, JP;

Toshiaki Dozaka, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3185 (2006.01); G01R 31/3177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/318536 (2013.01); G01R 31/3177 (2013.01); G01R 31/318541 (2013.01); G01R 31/318552 (2013.01); G01R 31/318555 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a first scan chain and a second scan chain each including a plurality of cascaded flip-flops; a plurality of power supply lines that supply a power supply voltage to the first and second scan chains, extend in a first direction, and are arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a clock control circuit that supplies a first clock to the first scan chain and a second clock to the second scan chain, the second clock having timing different to that of the first clock. The plurality of flip-flops are arranged along the second direction.


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