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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1987

Filed:

Nov. 01, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:

Takayasu Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;

Tetsuya Iizuka, Funabashi, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ; H01L / ; G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3072 / ; 3072 / ; 307362 ; 307491 ; 307496 ; 365227 ;
Abstract

In a semiconductor device according to the invention, first and second voltage dropping circuits, for generating voltages respectively having smaller values than that of an external power supply voltage, are provided. The first voltage dropping circuit, which consumes relatively less power, is always in the operative mode, and the second voltage dropping circuit, which consumes more power than that of the first voltage dropping circuit, is operated during an interval other than a standby interval. The voltages generated by the first and second voltage dropping circuits are supplied to an internal power supply line in parallel with each other.


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