WO2005091503A1 - 半導体集積回路装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit device, and is effective when applied to, for example, an operating voltage detection circuit used in a power-on reset circuit mounted on a system LSI (large-scale integrated circuit) having a plurality of operating voltages.
- LSI large-scale integrated circuit
- a conventional power-on reset circuit uses a circuit that uses a simple capacitance charging, a resistance voltage dividing ratio, or the like when determining a voltage level.
- a power-on detection circuit is provided for an arbitrary power supply voltage among a plurality of power supply voltages, and a power-on reset signal is generated for a circuit that operates with the power supply voltage.
- the main power-on detection circuit may generate another power-on reset signal while at least one of the power-on reset signals is active (during reset).
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-210076 discloses a method defined by a power-on reset signal generated by the system.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-042459
- Patent Document 2 JP 2001-210076
- An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device adapted to a plurality of power supply voltages and provided with a highly accurate operating voltage detection circuit. It is another object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device having an operating voltage generating circuit adapted to a plurality of power supply voltages, consuming low power and conforming to actual circuit performance.
- the first circuit using the first power supply voltage as the operating voltage the second circuit using the second power supply voltage different from the first power supply voltage as the operation voltage, and the signal level of the circuit with the lower operation voltage are used.
- a semiconductor integrated circuit having a first level conversion circuit for converting the signal level of the higher or lower circuit into a first logic circuit for performing a certain circuit operation in response to the first power supply voltage and a first logic circuit for performing the certain circuit operation.
- a first determination circuit for performing a determination, a second logic circuit for performing a predetermined circuit operation in response to the second power supply voltage, a second determination circuit for determining the predetermined circuit operation, and the first level conversion circuit A second level conversion circuit having a circuit power equivalent to that of the first determination circuit and the second determination circuit is output under the condition that the output signal of the higher determination circuit and the output signal of the second level conversion circuit are formed. To control the operations of the first circuit and the second circuit.
- a plurality of logic circuits each performing a certain circuit operation, a plurality of determination circuits each determining the above-mentioned certain circuit operation, and a circuit having the same circuit power as the first level conversion circuit, and operating at different operating voltages
- a second level conversion circuit that adjusts the output signal level between the determination circuits performing the determination, and outputs all the output signals of the plurality of determination circuits and the output signal of the second level conversion circuit. The operation of the plurality of internal circuits is controlled on condition that a signal is formed.
- FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the present invention.
- Each circuit block shown in the figure is formed on one semiconductor substrate such as single crystal silicon by a known semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing technique.
- the semiconductor integrated circuit device (hereinafter simply referred to as LSI) 2000 of this embodiment is directed to a system LSI mainly composed of a central processing unit (hereinafter simply referred to as CPU) 1080.
- the system LSI has an input / output circuit (hereinafter also referred to as an IZO circuit) 1050, 1051 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the outside, as shown by way of example as a representative, with the CPU1080 at the center.
- an input / output circuit hereinafter also referred to as an IZO circuit
- Logic 1060 and an analog circuit (Analog) 1090 such as a PLL circuit, AZD conversion circuit or DZA conversion circuit.
- Analog a memory circuit (static RAM, dynamic RAM, mask ROM or flash EPROM) and the like are provided as necessary.
- an operating voltage detection circuit is provided in a system LSI 2000 that uses two types of operating voltages, an external power supply voltage Vext and an internal power supply voltage Vint stepped down by an on-chip regulator 1000.
- An applied power-on reset circuit 1100 is provided. When the power is turned on, the power-on reset circuit 1100 indirectly determines the rising of the external power supply voltage Vext and the internal power supply voltage Vint by a fixed circuit operation unlike the voltage level itself as in the above-described prior art, and performs a power-on reset.
- Generate signals pon and prstn is not particularly limited, but is used for fixing the input / output voltage level of the IZO circuits 1050 and 1051 and for fixing the output level of the 1070 and 1071 when the power is turned on.
- the above prstn signal is input to the regulator 1000 together with the pon signal, and during the power-on reset period, the main series regulator (hereinafter referred to as MAINSE) 1030 or the sub-series
- MAINSE main series regulator
- the MAINSE 1030 and SUBSE 1040 power-amplify the output voltage Vref generated by the reference voltage setting circuit 1020 to form the internal power supply voltage Vint.
- the MAINSE 1030 has a large current capability corresponding to a load current when an internal circuit such as the CPU 1080 is in an operating state.
- the SUBSE1040 has a small current capability corresponding to a leak current in a standby state in which an internal circuit such as the CPU1080 does not operate. Thus, in the standby state, the SUBSE 1040 is in the operating state, the MAINSE 1030 is in the inactive state, and the power consumption of the regulator 1000 can be minimized.
- FIG. 2 is a waveform chart for explaining the operation of the system LSI shown in FIG. 1 when the power is turned on.
- the first power-on reset signal pon which defines the power-on reset period at the same time as the external power supply voltage Vext, rises.
- the on reset signal prs tn rises.
- the main series regulator 1030 in the regulator 1000 is activated to generate the internal power supply voltage Vint.
- the constant voltage Vbgr which is the output voltage of the reference voltage generation circuit (BGR) 1010, and the output voltage Vref of the reference voltage setting circuit (VREFBUF) 1020, activate the BGR1010 and VREFBUF1020 simultaneously with the rise of the external power supply voltage Vext.
- the main series regulator 1030 is activated by using the power-on reset signal prstn as described above.
- the pon signal falls after a certain time elapses from the rise of the prstn signal, and the power-on reset period ends.
- FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of the power-on reset circuit 1100 of FIG.
- Power-on reset circuit 1100 detects rising of external power supply voltage Vext It comprises a Vext logic replica circuit 100, a Vint logic replica circuit 101 for detecting the rise of the internal power supply voltage Vint, and an upshifter replica circuit 400.
- the logic replica circuits 100 and 101 are composed of ring oscillators (RO SC) 200 and 201 and capacitance charging circuits (CP) 300 and 301, and the ring oscillators (RO SC) 200 and 201 are stable.
- the time until oscillation starts is specified by the capacity charging circuits (CP) 300 and 301.
- the determination signals hfixO, hfixl, and disO formed by the capacitance charging circuits (CP) 300, 301 are signals for initializing the power-on reset circuit itself and preventing a through current after the power-on reset period.
- FIG. 4 shows a specific circuit diagram of one embodiment of the power-on reset circuit 1100 of FIG.
- the odd-numbered (three in the figure) ring oscillators 200 and 201 are replicas of a logic circuit that simulates a multi-stage inverter chain. When the oscillations of these ring oscillators are sufficiently stable, each ring oscillator is used. It is determined that the lower limit voltage level at which the logic circuit operates is reached with the power supply voltages Vext and Vint. The time required for the oscillation operation to stabilize is determined by the charging time of the capacity charging circuits 300 and 301. After determining the Vext voltage level of the Vext ring oscillator 200 and the capacitance charging circuit 300, the prstn signal is generated.
- the ring oscillator 200 is a ring-shaped CMOS inverter circuit composed of a P-channel MOSFET pmlO-pml2 supplied to the external power supply voltage Vext source and an N-channel MOSFET nmlO-nml2 supplied to the ground potential gnd of the circuit.
- the output signals of the CMOS inverter circuit consisting of the above-mentioned MOSFETs pml2 and nml2 are shaped and output by CMOS inverter circuits invlOO and invlOl consisting of the same P-channel MOSFET and N-channel MOSFET.
- a pull-up P-channel MOSFET pml3 for stopping the oscillation operation is provided between the interconnection point between the above-mentioned MOSFETs pml2 and nml2 and the external power supply voltage Vext.
- the capacity charging circuit 300 also has the following charge pump circuit capability.
- the P-channel MOSFET pm20 whose source is supplied with the external power supply voltage Vext and whose gate is supplied with the circuit ground potential, operates as a constant power supply.
- the oscillation pulse of the ring oscillator 200 is supplied to the P-channel MOSFET pm21 via the CMOS inverter circuit invl02. Conveyed to the gate.
- the MOSFET pm21 performs a charging operation of the capacitor c20 by the constant current formed by the MOSFET pm20.
- the charging voltage of the capacitor c20 is transmitted to the capacitor c21 via the P-channel MOSFET pm22 which is switch-controlled by the output signal of the CMOS inverter circuit invl03 which receives the output signal of the CMOS inverter circuit invl02.
- the MOSFET pm21 is turned on and the ZMO SFET pm22 is turned off, and the capacitor c20 is charged to the external power supply voltage Vext.
- the MOSFET pm21 is turned off and the ZMOSFET pm22 is turned on, and charge is transferred between the capacitors c20 and c21.
- the holding voltage of the capacitor c21 is transmitted to the cascade-type CMOS inverter circuits invl04 and invl05 as a voltage determination circuit. That is, the logical threshold voltage of the CMOS inverter circuit invl04 is used as a reference voltage, and the holding voltage of the capacitor c21 is determined.
- the oscillation pulse increases the holding voltage of the capacitor c21 to about Vext Z2 by about 10 charge transfers. Can be.
- the output signal of the inverter circuit invl05 is output as a power-on reset signal prstn and is also used as an operation control signal of the Vint-based ring oscillator 201.
- the pull-up P-channel MOSFET pml3 is turned on by the low level of the output signal of the inverter circuit inv104, and the oscillation operation of the ring oscillator 200 is stopped.
- the P-channel MOSFETs pm24 and pm25 provide the inverter circuit invl04 with a so-called hysteresis characteristic.
- the P-channel MOSFETs pm24 and pm25 output the P-channel
- the MOSFET pm25 is turned on, and positive feedback that the capacitor c21 is charged up by the constant current by the MOSFET pm24 is applied, so that the output signal of the inverter circuit invl04 is rapidly changed to a valley level.
- the Vint ring oscillator 201 and the capacity charging circuit 301 are configured by the same circuits as the Vext ring oscillator 200 and the capacity charging circuit 300.
- the Vint ring oscillator 201 is provided with two pull-up P-channel MOSFETs pm33 and pm34.
- the power-on reset signal prstn is supplied to the gate of the MOSFET pm33.
- the Vint ring oscillator 201 is turned off by the high level of the power-on reset signal prstn formed by the Vext ring oscillator 200 and the capacitance charging circuit 300, and the pull-up MOSFET pm33 is turned off to oscillate. Is made possible.
- the output signal passed through invl5 is input to replica circuit 400 of the upshifter, and it is determined whether or not it is possible to transmit a signal whose level has been converted from a low power supply voltage level (Vint) to a high power supply voltage level (Vext). It is.
- the up-shifter (US) replica circuit 400 uses the same up-shifter as the up-shifter that is considered to be the last to start up among the up-shifters used in the system LSI 2000 and uses the same circuit configuration so that the rise time is slower than that of the up-shifter. It is designed to.
- the replica circuit 400 operates with the external power supply voltage Vext, receives a P-channel MOSFE Tpm50-pm53, an N-channel MOSFET nm50, nm51, an inverter circuit inv30, and a signal disO, and resets an output signal to a low level. It is composed of N-channel MOSFET nm51.
- the level-converted output signal by the powerful replica circuit 400 and the power-on reset signal prstn formed by the Vext ring oscillator 200 and the capacitance charging circuit 300 are input to the NAND gate circuit nandlOO, and the output signal is output from the inverter circuits i ⁇ 110 and 120. To make the power-on reset signal pon low. That is, after all these determinations are completed, the power-on reset signal pon is returned to the initial state, and the power-on reset period ends.
- the capacitance charging circuit 300 is provided with an auto-reset circuit including MOSFETs nm20, pm23, nm21, and nm22 and a capacitor c22, and discharges the capacitor c21 when power is cut off.
- the capacitance charging circuit 301 is also provided with an auto-lit circuit composed of MOSFETs nm40, pm43, nm41, and nm42 and a capacitor c42 similar to the above. These circuits will be described later.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an application example in which the power supply system of the semiconductor integrated circuit device of FIG. 1 is generally applied.
- an internal circuit MODI-MODn that operates with a power supply voltage VI-Vn supplied from the outside
- an upshifter US21-USnl, US31-USn2, US31-USn3 that performs level conversion between the internal circuits MODI-MODn.
- USnn-1 on which the power-on reset circuit (POR) 1101 according to the present invention is mounted.
- the power-on reset circuit 1101 sets the power supply voltage level of the power supply voltage VI—Vn to a ring oscillator and a capacity charging circuit as a replica circuit of the internal circuit MODI—MODn as described above, and the upshifters US21, US32, US43, USnn 1, etc. And the output voltage level of the upshifters US21, US32, US43, USnn-1 etc. is fixed without releasing the power-on reset signal pon until all the detection output signals are formed as described above. And IZO input and output levels are fixed.
- FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of a modification of FIG.
- a power supply voltage V2—Vn that is lower than the on-chip regulator (REG1—REGn—1) 10 01—1004 is generated from a power supply voltage VI supplied from outside the chip, and the respective power supply voltages VI—Vn
- the power-on reset circuit according to the present invention is provided in the LSI 2002 having the up-shifters US01-USn1, US31-USn2, US31-USn3, and USnn-1 for performing level conversion between the internal circuit MODI-MODn and the internal circuit MODI-MODn operated by (POR) 1102 is installed.
- the power-on reset circuit 1102 includes an upshifter US21-USnl, US311-USn2, US31-USn3, USnn-1 or a first pulse-on reset signal pon for fixing the voltage level of the I / O and an on-chip regulator. Generates a second power-on reset signal prstn that prevents the output voltage level of 1001 to 1004 from jumping.
- FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of a modified example of FIG.
- the power supply voltage used in the on-chip regulator (REG1—REGn—1) 1002—1004 is V2—Vn—1 is not the step-down voltage directly from the external power supply voltage VI, but the previous step-down voltage.
- the output voltage of the on-chip regulator 1001 to 1003 to be formed is used. Therefore, the power supply voltages have a relationship of Vl>V2>V3>'"> Vn.
- FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of a modified example of FIG.
- One prstn (Vn-l) should correspond to the power supply voltage used in 1 / 040-43, internal circuit 30-33, on-chip regulator (REG 1- REG n-1) 1001-1004, etc. At the same voltage level.
- these pon and prstn signals with different voltage levels are transmitted to circuits operating on different power supply voltages in the LSI, there is no need to consider the signal level down.
- Other configurations are the same as those in the embodiment of FIG.
- FIG. 9 shows a block diagram of a modified example of FIG.
- the above-described on-chip regulator (REG1-REGn-1) 1001--1004 generates a power supply voltage V2-Vn which is lower than that of the internal circuit MODI which operates at each power supply voltage VI-Vn.
- MODn and internal circuit MODI Upshifter that performs level conversion between MODn US21—US31, US31—USn2, US31—USn3, and USnn—1 and on-chip regulator (REGlp) from power supply voltage VI supplied from outside the chip 1)
- the power supply voltage Vlp boosted by 1005 is generated, and the internal circuit MODlp operated by the power supply voltage and the upshifter 11311-113! 11 corresponding thereto are provided by 1 ⁇ 12005.
- Other configurations are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG.
- FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of a modified example of the power-on reset circuit of FIG.
- each power system is provided with a logic replica circuit composed of a ring oscillator 202-205 and a capacity charging circuit 302-305.
- the individual logic replica circuits are connected in a cascading manner, and finally connected to an upshifter replica circuit 401.
- the operation of the replica circuit is sequentially performed by the higher power supply voltage, and in the capacity charging circuit 305 as the replica circuit with the lowest power supply voltage, the formation of the detection signal is as follows. All higher replica circuits are in a relationship of forming a detection signal.
- FIG. 11 is a waveform chart for explaining the operation of the power-on reset circuit of FIG.
- the voltage waveforms when the power is turned on in order from the highest power supply voltage such as power supply voltages VI, V2,..., Are shown on the upper side, and Vn, Vn-1, 1,.
- Low power The voltage waveform when the power is turned on in order from the source voltage is shown! / ⁇ . Regardless of the order in which the power is turned on, as in the upper and lower stages, the power is maintained as long as the power supply voltage level judgment by the logic replica circuits of all power supply systems and the judgment of the replica circuit of the upshifter are not completed.
- the on reset signal pon is not released.
- signals for initializing the power-on reset circuit itself and preventing a through current after the power-on reset period such as hfix and dis, are omitted.
- FIG. 12 shows a block diagram of a modification of FIG.
- the detection signals of the individual logic replica circuits composed of the ring oscillators (RSOC1-RSOCn) 202-205 and the capacitance charging circuits (CP1-CPn) 302-305 are converted in parallel to an AND gate circuit (and20).
- the logical product output is transmitted to the up-shifter replica circuit 401 to form a power-on reset signal pon.
- the AND gate circuit and20 operates at the lowest power supply voltage Vn, and the strong output voltage is level-shifted to the highest power supply voltage VI by the upshifter replica circuit 401, and the inverter operates at the strong power supply voltage VI.
- the power-on reset signal pon is output via the circuit inv40.
- FIG. 13 is a voltage waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the power-on reset circuit of FIG.
- the power supply voltage level determination by the logic replica circuits of all power supply systems and the determination of the up-shifter replica circuit are completed regardless of the order.
- the power-on reset signal pon is not released.
- FIG. 14 shows a block diagram of a modification of FIG.
- the output signal of the logic replica circuit operating at the power supply voltage VI is used as the second power-on reset signal prstn.
- the prstn signal is transmitted to an on-chip regulator or the like, which forms the step-down voltage V2-Vn as described above, and is used for preventing the step-down voltage from jumping up in the on-chip regulator as described above. You.
- FIG. 15 shows a block diagram of a modified example of FIG.
- the output signal of the logic replica circuit operating at the power supply voltage VI is also supplied to the second power amplifier in the same manner as described above.
- the prstn signal is transmitted to an on-chip regulator (not shown) that forms the step-down voltages V2-Vn as described above, and is used to prevent the step-down voltage of the on-chip regulator from jumping as described above.
- FIG. 16 shows a block diagram of a modified example of FIG.
- the upshifter replica circuit USnn instead of directly raising the level from the lowest power supply voltage Vn to the highest! ⁇ voltage VI as in the embodiment of FIG. l '“There are multiple stages of replica circuits that level up from the lower power supply voltage Vn used, as in US43, US32, and US21, to the next higher power supply voltage Vn-1.
- the upshifters US21-USnl, US31-USn2, US31-USn3, and USnn-1 that perform level conversion between the internal circuits MODI-MODn as described above can be monitored.
- FIG. 17 shows a block diagram of a modified example of FIG.
- the upshifter replica circuit When the upshifter replica circuit is incorporated in the power-on reset circuit, the output signal power of the AND gate circuit and20, which operates with the lowest power supply voltage Vn, directly increases to the highest voltage VI as in the embodiment of FIG.
- Upshifter replica circuit that is not used USnn— 1 ⁇ • Are provided in a plurality of stages. Thus, it is possible to monitor all the operations of the upshifters US21-USnl, US31-USn2, US31-USn3, and USnn-1 that perform level conversion between the internal circuits MODI-MODn as described above.
- FIG. 18 shows a block diagram of a modification of FIG.
- the first power-on reset signal pon also takes out the output power of each flip-flop replica circuit adapted to each power supply voltage Vn-VI, and the second power-on reset signal prstn
- a logic replica circuit composed of a ring oscillator 202-205 and a capacity charging circuit 302-305 operating at a power supply voltage suitable for each is also generated.
- FIG. 19 shows a block diagram of a modified example of FIG.
- the first power-on reset signal pon also takes out the output power of each upshifter replica circuit that is adapted to the respective power supply voltage Vn-VI
- the second power-on reset signal prstn outputs It is generated from a logic replica circuit consisting of a ring oscillator 202-205 and a capacity charging circuit 302-305 that operate at the appropriate power supply voltage.
- FIG. 20 shows a block diagram of a modification of FIG. Instead of providing an upshifter replica circuit 401 on the output side of the AND gate circuit and20 in FIG. 12, the NAND gate circuit nand20 is operated at the highest power supply voltage VI, and an upshifter replica circuit (US21, US21, US31, USnl) 410-412 is used.
- an upshifter replica circuit US21, US21, US31, USnl
- FIG. 21 shows a block diagram of a modification of FIG. Similarly to the above, instead of providing the up-shifter replica circuit 401 on the output side of the AND gate circuit and 20 in FIG. 12, the NAND gate circuit nand20 is operated at the highest power supply voltage VI, and the replica circuit of the up shifter is provided on the input side. Provided. In this embodiment, a plurality of level-up replica circuits are provided in accordance with the power supply voltage for each level, which is different from the one-level level-up replica circuit as in the embodiment of FIG.
- the capacity charging circuit (CP2) 303 that operates at the second lowest power supply voltage V2 is highest in level than one replica circuit (US21) 420 and is level-converted to a level corresponding to the power supply voltage VI. .
- the capacity charging circuit (CP 3) 303 that operates at the third lowest power supply voltage V2 first includes a replica circuit (US32) 421 that performs level conversion to a level corresponding to the second lowest power supply voltage V2, The level is converted to the level corresponding to the highest power supply voltage VI than the replica circuit (US21) 422 similar to the above.
- the output signal of the capacity charging circuit that operates at a certain power supply voltage is level-converted to a power supply voltage one step higher than that, and the levels are sequentially converted to finally correspond to the highest power supply voltage VI.
- the level is converted to the level.
- FIG. 22 shows a block diagram of a modification of FIG.
- the power supply voltages VI-Vn are! /, And are at the same potential, but are separated from each other as a-z.
- a-z unillustrated internal circuits MODI (a-z) —MODn (a-z)
- a logic replica circuit composed of a ring oscillator ROSCla—ROSClz and a capacitance charging circuit CPla—CPlz
- CPla—CPlz For the power supply voltage V2, a logic replica circuit consisting of the ring oscillator R OSC2a—ROSC2z and the capacity charging circuit CP2a—CP2z, and similarly for the power supply voltage V2, a logic replica circuit consisting of the ring oscillator ROSCna—ROSCnz and CPna—CPnz Is provided.
- an AND gate circuit for determining whether all of the power supply voltages a to z of the same potential within the voltage level have risen.
- the output signal of the AND gate circuit andlO-andln is used as an operation permission voltage of the ring oscillator ROSC of the next lower power supply voltage, and is cascaded in the same manner as described above.
- the power supply voltage used for the operation of the AND gate circuit an dlO- andln uses either a or z!
- FIG. 23 shows a block diagram of a modified example of FIG.
- a logic replica circuit including a ring oscillator and a capacitance charging circuit is provided in the power-on reset circuit for each power supply system regardless of the same potential or different potential.
- the power supply voltage used for the AND gate circuit (andlO- andln) that determines whether all of the power supply voltages of the same potential within that voltage level have risen at each of the different potential power supply voltages VI-Vn Uses one of the power supply voltages a-z.
- the power supply voltage used for the operation of the AND gate circuit and20 which determines whether all the power supply voltages of the different potentials have risen, uses any one of the power supply voltages az in Vn.
- FIG. 24 shows a block diagram of a modification of FIG. In this embodiment, it is determined that the power supply voltage VI is the highest! /, And that all the power supply systems a to z have started up. The output of the AND gate circuit andll is reset to the second power-on reset. Used as signal prstn. Other configurations are the same as those in the embodiment of FIG.
- FIG. 25 shows a block diagram of a modified example of FIG. In this embodiment, as in the case of FIG. 24, the highest! And the power supply voltage VI! / And the output of the AND gate circuit andl l for judging that all the power systems a to z have started up. As the second power-on reset signal pr stn.
- Other configurations are the same as those in FIG.
- FIG. 26 is a circuit diagram of another embodiment of the ring oscillator used in the present invention.
- the ring oscillator of this embodiment is obtained by generally arranging the ring oscillators 200 and 201 used in the power-on reset circuit shown in FIG. 4 into n + 1 stages (n + 1: odd number).
- the P-channel MOSFET pm90 is a pull-up MOSFET that fixes the final stage of the ring oscillator to the power supply voltage Va at a high level by the control signal Mix90 signal supplied from outside the ring oscillator.
- the ring oscillator is provided in each stage as compared with the three-stage ring oscillator by providing five stages, seven stages, etc. in addition to three stages as in the embodiment of FIG. Even if the capacitor cl-cn is omitted, stable oscillation operation can be performed.
- the capacitor cl-cn in the figure does not include the input capacitance and the parasitic capacitance of each inverter circuit.
- FIG. 27 shows a circuit diagram of a modified example of FIG. 26.
- P-channel MOSFETs pm91-pm9k stacked in each inverter stage are used to limit the current flowing into the inverter.
- the delay time in the inverter circuit becomes longer than that in the inverter circuit shown in FIG. 26. Therefore, the capacitance clck value can be reduced or omitted, and the stable operation as described above can be performed.
- the area can be reduced by reducing the number of inverter stages.
- the operating voltage of the inverter circuit is reduced by the threshold voltage of the MOSFETs pm91 to pm9k with respect to the power supply voltage Va. Therefore, the output unit is provided with a level shift circuit including P-channel MOSFETs pm502-505 and N-channel MOSFETs nm500 and nm501 to recover the high level of the oscillation pulse to the power supply voltage Va.
- FIG. 28 shows a circuit diagram of a modification of FIG. 26.
- N-channel MOSFETs nm91-nm9k are provided stacked on each inverter stage.
- the control signal Mix90 is supplied to the gate of the pull-up MOSFET pm90, and the gate of the N-channel MOSFET nm91-nm9n, which is stacked vertically in each of the inverter stages, not only uses the output signal of the last stage to fix the high level. Supplied.
- the MOSF ET nm91-nm9n is turned off and the current path is cut to reduce the leak current.
- FIG. 29 shows a circuit diagram of another embodiment of the capacity charging circuit used in the present invention. It is.
- the capacitance charging circuit of this embodiment is a general one of the capacitance charging circuit used in the power-on reset circuit of FIG.
- the capacitance charging circuit cp 800 of this embodiment gradually charges the holding voltage of the capacitor c801 toward the power supply voltage Va by a charge pump operation between the capacitors c800 and c801 according to the pulse signal from the input in. Then!
- the charging voltage of the active capacitor c801 reaches the logic threshold voltage of the inverter circuit inv802, its output is inverted to turn on the high-level fixing P-channel MOSF ETpm804, and the capacitance c801 is generated by the current flowing through the P-channel MOSFET pm803. Is charged up to the power supply voltage Va and fixed at a strong voltage.
- the detection signal is formed with the output signal out of the inverter circuit inv803 receiving the output signal of the inverter circuit inv802 at a high level.
- the capacitor c801 is provided with a discharging N-channel MOSFET nm800 in parallel.
- This MOSFET nm80 is turned on by a control signal dis80 provided from outside the capacitance charging circuit cp800, discharges the electric charge stored in the capacitor c801, and initializes the capacitance charging circuit cp800.
- the control signal dis80 uses a power-down signal from the CPU or the outside of the chip, or uses the reference voltage generation circuit of the on-chip regulator as a reference voltage to check that the power supply voltage Va has fallen below the operating lower limit voltage.
- the detection signal of the voltage level detection circuit to be detected is used.
- FIG. 30 shows a circuit diagram of a modification of FIG. 29.
- the capacity charging circuit cp801 of this embodiment is the same as the capacity charging circuit 300 shown in FIG.
- the discharge N-channel MOSFET nm800 is switch-controlled by a self-initialization circuit composed of N-channel MOSFETs nm801 and nm802, a P-channel MOSFET pm805 and a capacitor c803 in the charging circuit. That is, the power supply voltage Va is supplied to the gate of the N-channel MOSFET nm801, and when the power supply voltage Va rises, the N-channel MOSFET nm801 is turned on to charge up the capacitor c803.
- the P-channel MOSFET pm805 and the N-channel MOSFET nm802 constitute a CMOS inverter circuit using the holding voltage of the capacitor c803 as an operating voltage, and the power supply voltage Va is supplied to an input.
- the output signal of this CMOS inverter circuit is transmitted to the gate of the discharging N-channel MOSFET nm800.
- the N-channel MOSFET nm801 When the power supply voltage Va rises, the N-channel MOSFET nm801 is turned on, the output of the inverter composed of the P-channel MOSFET pm805 and the N-channel MOSFET nm802 is fixed at low level, and the N-channel MOSFET nm800 is turned off.
- the N-channel MOSFET nm801 when the power supply voltage Va decreases, the N-channel MOSFET nm801 is turned off, but the charge stored in the capacitor c803 changes the output of the CMOS inverter circuit composed of the P-channel MOSFET pm805 and the N-channel MOSFET 802 to a high level. Turn on the N-channel MOSFET nm800. As a result, the charge of the capacitor c801 is discharged, and the capacity charging circuit cp801 is initialized.
- FIG. 31 shows a circuit diagram of a modification of FIG. 29.
- a discharge P-channel MOSFET pm806 having a self-initialization function is used.
- the power supply voltage Va is supplied to the gate of the P-channel MOSFET pm806.
- the P-channel MOSFET pm806 turns off when the power supply voltage Va decreases.
- the P-channel MOSFET pm806 turns on, the charge of the capacitor c801 is discharged, and the capacitance charging circuit cp802 is initialized. You.
- FIG. 32 shows a circuit diagram of an application example of FIG. 29.
- the initialization signal dis80 supplied to the capacitance charging circuit cp800 shown in FIG. 29 the voltage of Va, n obtained by dividing the output voltage Vbgr of the reference voltage generation circuit BGR and the power supply voltage Va by a resistor is used.
- the output that compares the level with the amplifier AMP800 is used.
- Inverter circuit inv81 0 Sets initialization signal dis80 to high level through inv812.
- the discharge N-channel MOSFET nm800 is turned on, and the charge of the capacitor c801 is discharged to initialize the capacitance charging circuit.
- FIG. 33 shows a circuit diagram of a modification of FIG.
- the reference voltage setting circuit shown in FIG. 1 is used.
- the reference voltage setting circuit is configured by the following circuit.
- the constant voltage Vbgr formed by BGR is supplied to the inverting input (1) of the amplifier AMP820.
- the output signal of the amplifier AMP820 is supplied to the gate of a P-channel type amplification MOSF ETpm830.
- the source of this MOSFET pm830 has the power supply voltage V a is supplied, and resistors R820-R824 which are connected in series to constitute a voltage dividing circuit are provided at the drain.
- the divided voltage of the voltage dividing circuit is supplied to the non-inverting input (+) of the amplifier AMP820.
- the voltage Vref can be a voltage obtained by adding the constant voltage Vbgr to the constant voltage generated by the constant current flowing through the resistors R822 and R821.
- the power supply voltage Vb is a power supply voltage lower than the power supply voltage Va. As shown in the figure, there is a section where the power supply voltage Vb is lower than the voltage level Vref Zn when the power supply voltage Vb is reduced while the power supply voltage Va remains at the same voltage level.
- the amplifier AMP830 detects it and sets the initialization signal dis80 to high level through the inverter circuit inv830-inv832. In the above section, the discharge N-channel MOSFET nm800 is turned on, and the charge of the capacitor c801 is discharged to initialize the capacitance charging circuit.
- FIG. 34 is a circuit diagram showing a general configuration of the upshifter replied power circuit 400 used in the power-on reset circuit shown in FIG.
- the upshifter replica circuit uses the same or the same circuit configuration as the upshifter that is considered to be the last to be started among the upshifters used in the LSI, so that the rise time is slower than that of the upshifter. It was designed.
- N-channel MOSFET nmlOO—nml20 is a switch MOSFET for fixing the low level, exists at least one in the upshifter replica circuit, and activates the upshifter replica circuit when at least one voltage level of the power supply existing in the LSI decreases. This is for initializing the output.
- the signals dis50-dis52 for controlling the on / off of the N-channel MOSFET nmlOO-nml20 are provided by a method using a power-down signal from the CPU or the outside of the chip, or a capacity charging circuit as shown in FIG. There is a method to use the output of the inverter composed of the P-channel MOSFET pm805 and N-channel MOSFET nm802 of the initialization circuit mounted inside.
- the N-channel MOSFETs nm50 and nm51 and the inverter circuit inv41 use MOSFETs with sufficient device breakdown voltage to operate at the power supply voltage Vn, and operate at another power supply voltage Va corresponding to the level-shifted power supply voltage.
- Use a different MOS FET That is, in the same figure, the channel portion is a thick black line MOSFET stands for relatively high-voltage MOSFET!
- FIG. 35 shows a circuit diagram of a modified example of FIG.
- a P-channel MOSFET pmlOO-pml23 is used to detect a drop in the power supply voltage Va-Vn and initialize the upshifter replica circuit.
- These P-channel MOSFETs pmlOO-pml23 use P-channel MOSFETs with different device withstand voltages used at the power supply voltage Va-Vn according to the detected power supply voltage Va-Vn. Therefore, the MOSFETs pml20 to pml23 used at the low power supply voltage Vn are formed of a series circuit to share the highest power supply voltage Va. Similarly, the MOSFETs pml10 and pml11 used at the low power supply voltage Vb are also the highest, and are arranged in series so as to share the power supply voltage Va.
- FIG. 36 shows a circuit diagram of a modification of FIG. Ring oscillator ROSC (Vext) operating with external power supply voltage (Vext), MOS FET used in capacitance charging circuit CP (Vext), and ring oscillator ROSC (Vint) operating with reduced internal power supply voltage (Vint)
- Vext external power supply voltage
- Vext MOS FET used in capacitance charging circuit CP
- Vint ring oscillator ROSC
- Vint reduced internal power supply voltage
- the Vint-based ring oscillator 201 and the capacity charging circuit 301 are constituted by high-voltage MOSFETs that are adapted to the external power supply voltage V ext that is the highest voltage.
- the MOSFET is also composed of the same high breakdown voltage MOSFET as the Vext ring oscillator 200 and the capacity charging circuit 300. Strictly speaking, this configuration is different from the logic circuit operation in which the Vint circuit operates at the power supply voltage.However, it is necessary to design a circuit using MOSFET circuits corresponding to multiple power supply voltages that are used one by one. Therefore, the power-on reset circuit POR can be cellized or standardized and incorporated into a wide variety of system LSIs.
- FIG. 37 is a circuit diagram showing an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon. ing.
- the voltage level of Vdef predetermined by the pon signal regardless of the reference voltage selection signals vset70 and vset71 is set to the default output voltage Vref. Is output temporarily. That is, it is possible to prevent the output voltage Vref from unexpectedly becoming a voltage during the unstable period when the power is turned on.
- FIG. 38 shows a block diagram of an on-chip regulator showing an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon and the second power-on reset signal p rstn.
- the on-chip regulator 1001 of this embodiment is a main series regulator (AGR) that amplifies the voltage Vref formed by the reference voltage generation circuit (BGR) 1010 and the reference voltage setting circuit (VREFBUF) 1020 as in FIG.
- AGR main series regulator
- BGR reference voltage generation circuit
- VREFBUF reference voltage setting circuit
- the control circuit includes the MAI NSE1030 and the upshifters USba3 and USba4 that receive the SUBSE activation signals pdl0 and pdll. , invl l.
- the first power-on reset signal pon is transmitted through the inverter circuits invlO and invll.
- the output signal of the inverter circuit invlO is used for gate control of the NAND gate circuit nandlO, and the output signal of the inverter circuit invl l is used for gate control of the NOR gate circuit norl l.
- the output signal of the NAND gate circuit nandlO is input to the NAND gate circuit nan dl l, and the output signal of the NOR gate circuit norl 1 is input to the NAND gate circuit nandl2.
- the second power-on reset signal prstn is used as a signal for controlling the gates of these NAND gate circuits nandll and nandl2.
- FIG. 39 shows a voltage waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the on-chip regulator 1001 in FIG. 38.
- the reference voltage generation circuit BGR and the reference voltage setting circuit VREFBUF enter an operation state, and settle to a desired voltage level after a jump occurs as shown in the figure due to the influence of capacitive coupling in the circuit.
- MAINSE1030 is in the power-on reset period by the low level (logic 0) of the prstn signal. The power is down for a certain period at the beginning of the operation, and after the rise of the prstn signal, the internal power supply voltage Vb, which is lower than the power supply voltage Va, is generated.
- the MAINSE1030 and SUBSE1040 are selected by the pon signal without depending on the activation signals pdlO and pdll. In other words, the load capacitance of the relatively large internal circuit is charged at high speed to make the internal voltage Vb rise faster.
- the MAINSE1030 and SUBSE1040 are set to the operation Z non-operation state corresponding to the activation signals (power dump signal) pdlO and pdl1, respectively.
- FIG. 40 is a block diagram showing a modification of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 38.
- the difference from FIG. 38 is that the second power-on reset signal prstn is also supplied to the reference voltage setting circuit VREFBUF to limit its operation.
- Another configuration is the same as that of the embodiment of FIG. 38, except that a main series regulator (hereinafter, referred to as the following) that power-amplifies the voltage Vref formed by the reference voltage generation circuit (BGR) 1010 and the reference voltage setting circuit (V REFBUF) 1021.
- BGR reference voltage generation circuit
- V REFBUF reference voltage setting circuit
- MAINSE sub-series regulator
- SUBSE sub-series regulator
- FIG. 41 shows a voltage waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 40.
- the reference voltage generation circuit BGR enters an operation state, and the constant voltage Vbgr jumps up as shown in FIG.
- VREFBUF1021 and MAINSE1030 are inactive (power down) for a certain period at the beginning of the power-on reset period by the second power-on reset signal prstn, and the power supply voltage Va after the rise of the signal prstn. Generates a step-down internal power supply voltage Vb. This prevents the output voltage Vref of the VREFBUF1021 from jumping.
- FIG. 42 is a block diagram showing a modification of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 38.
- the part different from FIG. 38 is that the second power-on reset signal prstn is also supplied to the reference voltage setting circuit VREFBUF and the reference voltage generating circuit BGR to limit their operations.
- Another configuration is the same as that of the embodiment of FIG. 38 except that a main series regulator (hereinafter, MAINSE) that amplifies the voltage Vref formed by the reference voltage generation circuit (BGR) 1010 and the reference voltage setting circuit (VREFBUF) 1021 is used. 1030) and sub-series regulations And the control circuit power to control it.
- MAINSE main series regulator
- FIG. 43 is a voltage waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 42.
- the BGR1010, VREFBUF1021 and MAINSE1030 are temporarily down (non-operating) during the first certain period of the power-on reset period due to the above prstn signal, and the power supply voltage after the rise of the prstn signal Generates the internal power supply voltage Vb that is lower than Va.
- the above operation restriction it is possible to prevent the voltages Vbgr and Vref formed by BGR1010 and VREFBUF1021 from jumping.
- FIG. 44 is a block diagram showing a modification of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 38.
- a switching regulator MAINSW or a switched capacitor regulator MAINSC is used together.
- a large inrush current flows to the stepped-down internal power supply voltage Vb when operating at the same time as the rising power of the power supply voltage Va. .
- FIG. 45 shows a voltage waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 44!
- the series regulator MAINSE is activated when the power-on reset period, that is, when the second power-on reset signal prstn rises to the high level.
- the step-down power supply voltage Vb is generated while avoiding the above-mentioned effects of the jumping of the voltages Vbgr and Vref.
- the switching regulator MAINSW or the switched capacitor regulator MAINSC is switched according to the low level of the first power-on reset signal pon.
- the power consumption of the on-chip regulator can be reduced by using the switching regulator MAINSW or the switched capacitor regulator MAINSC with high voltage conversion efficiency.
- FIG. 46 shows a circuit diagram of an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon.
- the first power-on reset signal pon is used for controlling the upshifter US of FIG.
- the power-on reset period there is a period during which the output of the upshifter becomes unstable.
- a NAND gate circuit nand30 is provided in the output section, and Perform gate control. That is, during the power-on reset period in which the pon signal is high, the output signal of the inverter circuit inv32 becomes low level (logic 0), and the output signal of the NAND gate circuit nand30 is fixed at high level regardless of the output of the upshifter. .
- FIG. 47 shows a circuit diagram of an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon.
- the first power-on reset signal pon is used for controlling the upshifter US of FIG.
- a NOR gate circuit nor40 is provided in the output section, and gate control is performed by the pon signal. That is, during the power-on reset period in which the pon signal is at the high level (logic 1), the output signal of the NOR gate circuit nor40 is fixed at the low level regardless of the output of the upshifter.
- the circuit itself of the upshifter US is the same as the upshifter 400 in FIG. 5 described above.
- FIG. 48 shows a circuit diagram of an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon.
- the first power-on reset signal pon is used to control the IZO circuit 1051 in FIG.
- the output circuit provided in the IZO circuit 1051 includes an upshifter LS, and since there is a period in which the output of the level shifter is indefinite as described above, the NAND gate circuit nand50 is provided in the output section of the upshifter USba7, Gate control is performed by the pon signal.
- the output signal of the inverter circuit inv50 goes to the low level (logic 0), and the output signal of the NAND gate circuit nand50 is set to the high level regardless of the output of the upshifter USba7. Fix it. Therefore, the output circuit including the inverter circuit inv51 and the buffer buf 50 outputs a low level during the power-on reset period.
- FIG. 49 shows a circuit diagram of an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon.
- the first power-on reset signal pon is used to control the IZO circuit 1051 in FIG.
- the output circuit provided in the IZO circuit 1051 includes an upshifter LS, and since there is a period in which the output of the level shifter is indefinite as described above, a NOR gate circuit nor50 is provided in the output section of the upshifter USba7. Gate control is performed by the pon signal. That is, during the power-on reset period in which the pon signal is at a high level (logic 1), the output signal of the NOR gate circuit nor50 is output regardless of the output of the upshifter USba7. Secure to the bell. Accordingly, the output circuit including the inverter circuit inv52 and the buffer buf 51 outputs a high level during the power-on reset period.
- FIG. 50 shows a circuit diagram of an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon.
- the first power-on reset signal pon is used for the Widlar current source circuit CM used as the reference voltage generation circuit 1010 in FIG.
- the current flowing through the idler current source circuit CM can be increased.
- the rise time of the Widlar-type current sources cmp and cmn at the time of power-on is shortened, and the rise time of the subsequent analog circuit using the current source can also be shortened.
- a constant voltage corresponding to the threshold value of the MOSFET nm600 and nm601 and the value voltage difference is passed through the resistors R600 and R610 to form a constant current.
- FIG. 51 shows a circuit diagram of one embodiment of the reference voltage generation circuit BGR of FIG.
- the BGR1010 makes use of the fact that the resistors R1-R3 have a positive temperature dependence and that the bipolar transistor ⁇ -pnpm has a negative temperature dependence, and the temperature dependence of the constant voltage Vbgr is around 1.2.
- This is a circuit that can obtain a reference voltage having a small characteristic.
- a silicon band gap voltage corresponding to the difference between the emitter current density of the transistor ⁇ and the emitter current density dispersedly flowing through the transistors pnpl-pnpm flows through the resistor R3 to form a constant current.
- the temperature-compensated constant voltage Vbgr is formed based on the constant current.
- FIG. 52 shows a circuit diagram of one embodiment of the series regulators MAINSE and SUBSE of FIG.
- the series regulator SE compares the reference voltage Vref with the output voltage Vb using the amplifier AMP80, and controls the conductance of the P-channel MOSFET pm80 as a driver so that the two voltages Vref and Vb are equal.
- the generated internal power supply voltage Vb is generated.
- the activation signal (power down) signal pd80 becomes high level
- the amplifier AMP80 becomes inactive
- the output signal of the inverter circuit inv80 becomes low level
- the pull-up MOSFET mp81 is turned on
- the driver MOSFE Tpm80 is turned off.
- the N-channel MOSFET nm81 is turned off to set the output to a high impedance state.
- FIG. 53 is a circuit diagram of one embodiment of the switching regulator MAINSW of FIG. It is shown.
- the switching regulator SW is based on the result of comparing the reference voltage Vref and the output voltage Vb with the amplifier AMP40, and the switching regulator control unit SC cont configures the driver. Perform control.
- the pulse duty of a pulse signal having an amplitude corresponding to the power supply voltage Va output from the driver is controlled by the switching regulator control unit SCcont, and is converted into a DC voltage by a low-pass filter including a coil L80 and a capacitor C80.
- FIG. 54 shows a circuit diagram of one embodiment of the switched capacitor regulator MAINSC of FIG. 44.
- the switched-capacitor regulator SC is based on the result of comparison between the reference voltage Vref and the output voltage Vb by the amplifier AMP50, and the P-channel MOSFET pm83, N-channel MOS FET nm83, nm84 And the connection between the capacitors c81 and c82 connected to nm85 is switched alternately between series and parallel. By this switching operation, charging and discharging of the capacitors c81 and c82 are repeated, so that both Vb can be adjusted to have the same voltage level as Vref.
- FIG. 55 is a circuit diagram showing one embodiment of the boosting power supply circuit REGlp of FIG.
- the boosting power supply circuit PCP uses a pulse signal with the amplitude of the power supply voltage Va generated by the ring oscillator ROSC to gradually increase the power supply voltage to the capacitor c84 via the diode-connected N-channel MOSFET nm86. By accumulating Vpp, Vpp can be supplied.
- the power down signal pd83 stops the operation of the ring oscillator when the power supply voltage Vpp reaches a desired boosted level by a voltage monitor comparison circuit (not shown).
- a power supply voltage level at which the logic circuit inside the LSI can operate is detected by providing an operating voltage detection circuit that simulates a logic circuit operating at each power supply voltage.
- an operating voltage detection circuit that simulates a logic circuit operating at each power supply voltage.
- the power supply voltage generated by the constant voltage (BGR) or voltage setting circuit (VREFBUF) can be prevented from jumping up, and the device can be prevented from being applied with a potential higher than the withstand voltage. As described above, malfunction of the level shifter when the power is turned on can also be prevented.
- the power supply voltage level By determining the power supply voltage level based on the stabilization time of the operation of the ring oscillator, it is possible to guarantee that the power supply voltage level has reached a level at which the operation of the logic circuit can be sufficiently performed. It is possible to guarantee that other level-up circuits can already transmit signals by judging the force at which the replica of the level-up circuit designed to be operable last in the LSI circuit can operate. it can.
- the power-on reset circuit analog operations such as capacitance charging are performed, but after the power-on reset period, the self-consumption current is reduced because all nodes in the power-on reset circuit are determined to be either HZL. It can be reduced to about the leakage current.
- the no-on reset circuit has a circuit that detects the interruption of each power supply voltage and initializes itself, so that it can automatically shift to the power-on reset sequence after restoration from the interruption.
- the operating voltage detection circuit counts a certain number of pulses from a binary counter circuit or the like in place of the above-described capacitor charging circuit, which is an analog counting circuit, based on the pulse signal formed by the ring oscillator. It may be. Further, an unstable multivibrator or the like may be used in place of the ring oscillator. Furthermore, using an operation circuit such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc., the operation result is compared with an expected value registered in advance to determine whether the operation circuit is operating normally.
- an LSI having a plurality of power supplies eg, a microcomputer, a system LSI, etc.
- IJ a power management LSI for supplying a power supply voltage thereto.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the system LSI of FIG. 1 when power is turned on.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a power-on reset circuit 1100 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a specific circuit diagram showing one embodiment of a power-on reset circuit 1100 in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an application example in which the power supply system of the semiconductor integrated circuit device of FIG. 1 is generalized.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG. 7.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG. 6.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a modified example of the power-on reset circuit of FIG. 3.
- FIG. 11 is a waveform chart for explaining the operation of the power-on reset circuit in FIG. 10.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 13 is a voltage waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the power-on reset circuit in FIG.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG. 22.
- FIG. 25 is a block diagram showing a modification of FIG. 23.
- FIG. 26 is a circuit diagram showing another embodiment of the ring oscillator used in the present invention.
- FIG. 27 is a circuit diagram showing a modification of FIG. 26.
- FIG. 28 is a circuit diagram showing a modified example of FIG. 26.
- FIG. 29 is a circuit diagram showing another embodiment of the capacity charging circuit used in the present invention.
- FIG. 30 is a circuit diagram showing a modification of FIG. 29.
- FIG. 31 is a circuit diagram showing a modification of FIG. 29.
- FIG. 32 is a circuit diagram showing an application example of FIG. 29.
- FIG. 33 is a circuit diagram showing a modification of FIG. 32.
- FIG. 34 is a circuit diagram generally showing an upshifter replica circuit 400 used in the power-on reset circuit of FIG. 4.
- FIG. 35 is a circuit diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 36 is a circuit diagram showing a modification of FIG.
- FIG. 37 is a circuit diagram showing an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon according to the present invention.
- FIG. 38 is a block diagram showing an application example of a first power-on reset signal pon and a second power-on reset signal prstn according to the present invention.
- FIG. 39 is a voltage waveform chart for explaining the operation of the on-chip regulator 1001 in FIG. 38.
- FIG. 40 is a block diagram showing a modification of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 38.
- 41 is a voltage waveform chart for explaining the operation of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 40.
- FIG. 42 is a block diagram showing a modification of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 38.
- FIG. 43 is a voltage waveform chart for explaining the operation of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 42.
- FIG. 44 is a block diagram showing a modification of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 38.
- FIG. 45 is a voltage waveform chart for explaining the operation of the on-chip regulator of FIG. 44.
- FIG. 46 is a circuit diagram showing an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon according to the present invention.
- FIG. 47 is a circuit diagram showing an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon according to the present invention.
- FIG. 48 is a circuit diagram showing an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon according to the present invention.
- FIG. 49 is a circuit diagram showing an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon according to the present invention.
- FIG. 50 is a circuit diagram showing an application example of the first power-on reset signal pon according to the present invention.
- FIG. 51 is a circuit diagram showing one embodiment of a reference voltage generation circuit BGR of FIG.
- FIG. 52 is a circuit diagram showing an embodiment of the series regulators MAINSE and SUBSE of FIG. 1 described above.
- FIG. 53 is a circuit diagram showing one embodiment of a switching regulator MAINSW of FIG. 44.
- FIG. 54 is a circuit diagram showing one embodiment of a switched capacitor regulator MAINSC of FIG. 44.
- FIG. 55 is a circuit diagram showing an example of a boosting power supply circuit REGlp of FIG. 9.
- Capacitive charging circuit (CP), 400-405 ⁇ Replica circuit (upshifter), 30-33 ⁇ Internal circuit (MOD), 20-23 ⁇ Upshifter (US), pm- , ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ Channel MOSFET, c... Capacitor, inv... Inverter circuit, R... Resistance, nand... Nand gate circuit, nor... No Gate circuit, buf ... output buffer, AMP ... amp, npn ... transistor, L ... inductance.
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