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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Applicant:
Naoki Kuroda, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Kuroda, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit including on a single chip a plurality of circuit blocks and a plurality of internal power supply circuits for delivering a common supply voltage to the plurality of circuit blocks includes: a shared power supply interconnection for connecting the plurality of circuit blocks and the plurality of internal power supply circuits; and an external pad connected to the shared power supply interconnection. Whether or not each of the internal power supply circuits delivers the supply voltage is controlled by a certain power supply control signal.