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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Socionext, Inc., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Moriwaki, Fussa, JP;
Assignee:
Socionext, Inc., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 11/417 (2006.01); G11C 5/02 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/417 (2013.01); G11C 5/02 (2013.01); G11C 5/148 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a circuit block that is switchable between selection and non-selection, and a leakage current control circuit disposed between the circuit block and a first power supply line. The leakage current control circuit includes a first transistor disposed between the circuit block and the first power supply line, and a resistor device disposed between the circuit block and the first power supply line.