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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazutoshi Ishii, Chiba, JP;
Sumitaka Gotou, Chiba, JP;
Yasuhiro Moya, Chiba, JP;
Yoshihide Kanakubo, Chiba, JP;
Tatuya Kitta, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 51 ; 365 63 ;
Abstract
Reducing the chip area while improving the manufacturing efficiency as well as reducing costs in a semiconductor integrated circuit device such as a thermal head driver IC. A plurality of terminal electrodes were provided within an external data input/output circuit with an input terminal and output terminal being electrically connected to each other. In addition, an input/output protection circuit was provided to a respective one of such plurality of terminal electrodes with the input terminal and output terminal electrically connected together.