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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2022
Applicant:

Lapis Technology Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Kota Ama, Yokohama, JP;

Katsuaki Matsui, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4093 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); H03K 19/00315 (2013.01); H03K 19/00323 (2013.01); H03K 19/018521 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device, includes: a first inverter that operates on a first supply voltage and includes a transistor with a first polarity and a transistor with a second polarity different from the first polarity; a first inverter array that is connected to a gate of the transistor with the first polarity, includes a predetermined plural number of inverters connected in series, and operates on the first supply voltage; and a second inverter array that is connected to a gate of the transistor with the second polarity and includes inverters of the predetermined plural number connected in series, wherein a first stage inverter in the second inverter array operates on a second supply voltage that is higher than the first supply voltage, and a subsequent stage inverter subsequent to the first stage inverter operates on the first supply voltage.


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