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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Tadao Aikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuharu Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device including a parallel to serial conversion circuit that receives first through n data (where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2), together with (n+1) data, in parallel to each other, and that outputs the first through n data in series in this order via first through n paths in a first operating mode, while it outputs the (n+1)th data via one of the second through n paths in a second operation mode. An output control circuit is connected to the parallel to serial conversion circuit via the first through nth paths, the output control circuit successively outputting the first through n data in the first operating mode, and outputting only the (n+1) data supplied from the parallel to serial conversion circuit in the second operating mode.