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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Semiconductor device, and failure detection system and failure detection method of data hold circuit
Applicant:
Hideaki Arima, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hideaki Arima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes: a first circuit that outputs a first output value having a majority of output values received from N (N is three or more odd numbers) pieces of data hold circuits receiving a same input value; and a second circuit that outputs a second output value which is less than the majority of output values received from the N pieces of the data hold circuits.