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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroki Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;

Seiichi Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;

Yusuke Negoro, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/01 (2006.01); H03K 3/011 (2006.01); H03K 17/56 (2006.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H10D 30/67 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/011 (2013.01); H03K 17/56 (2013.01); H10F 39/80377 (2025.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H10D 30/6734 (2025.01); H10D 30/6755 (2025.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device with a small circuit scale is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit includes first to n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) transistors and the second circuit includes (n+1)-th to 2n-th transistors. The first to n-th transistors are connected in parallel to each other and the (n+1)-th to 2n-th transistors are connected in series to each other. First to n-th signals are supplied to the first circuit and the second circuit. The first circuit has a function of outputting a first potential when each of potentials of the first to n-th signals is lower than or equal to a first reference potential, and outputting a second potential when at least one of the potentials of the first to n-th signals is higher than the first reference potential. The second circuit has a function of outputting a third potential when each of the potentials of the first to n-th signals is higher than a second reference potential, and outputting the first potential when at least one of the potentials of the first to n-th signals is lower than or equal to the second reference potential.


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