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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Masashi Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An aspect of the present invention provides a semiconductor device that includes a logic circuit including at least one transistor with a first channel type, a first transistor with a second channel type configured to provide the logic circuit with a first voltage at a specified timing, and a precharge control unit configured to turn on at least one first channel type transistor in the logic circuit during the time when the first transistor with the second channel type provides the logic circuit with the first voltage, the precharge control unit configured to precharge a node coupled to a transistor of the first channel type in the logic circuit.