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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Takatsuki, JP;
Hironori Akamatsu, Hirakata, JP;
Toru Iwata, Osaka, JP;
Keiichi Kusumoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Satoshi Takahashi, Hirakata, JP;
Yutaka Terada, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Hirata, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 ;
Abstract
The semiconductor device of this invention includes: an array section including a plurality of circuit blocks; a leakage current cutoff section for cutting off a leakage current occurring in at least one of the plurality of circuit blocks in the array section; and a control section for controlling the leakage current cutoff section in accordance with leakage current cutoff information.