WO2014189050A1 - 半導体装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention is based on the priority claim of Japanese patent application: Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-108581 (filed on May 23, 2013), the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Shall.
- the present invention relates to a semiconductor device, and more particularly to a configuration technique of an input circuit in the semiconductor device.
- Patent Document 1 discloses an input receiver circuit for transmitting a signal input from outside in a semiconductor memory device or the like (see FIG. 7).
- N channel MOS transistors 117 and 118 are provided in parallel with N channel MOS transistors 113 and 114, and P channel MOS transistors 119 and 120 are provided in parallel with P channel MOS transistors 115 and 116.
- VIN input signal
- P channel MOS transistors 119 and 120 are provided in parallel with P channel MOS transistors 115 and 116.
- Such an input receiver circuit is known as a QCR (Quad Couple Receiver) circuit.
- N channel MOS transistors 111 and 112 activate the QCR circuit when activation signal 110 is at H level.
- the inverter circuit 121 outputs a signal output VOUT obtained by inverting the drain signal of the N-channel MOS transistor 114.
- Patent Document 2 discloses a complementary differential input buffer of a semiconductor memory device (see FIG. 8).
- the input buffer includes a first MOS transistor 321 that receives the first external signal Vin1 and a second MOS transistor 322 that receives the second external signal Vin2, and amplifies the voltage difference between the first and second external signals Vin1 and Vin2.
- a first differential amplifier 311 that outputs the first intermediate output Vout1, a third MOS transistor 331 that inputs the first external signal Vin1, and a fourth MOS transistor 332 that inputs the second external signal.
- a second differential amplifying unit 312 that amplifies the voltage difference between the second external signals Vin1 and Vin2 and outputs the second intermediate output Vout2 as a second intermediate output Vout2, and the first differential output Vout1 of the first differential amplifying unit 311
- the second intermediate output Vout2 of the second differential amplifier 312 is combined and output as one output signal.
- the MOS transistors 333 and 334 constitute a current mirror circuit serving as a load for the first MOS transistor 321 and the second MOS transistor 322.
- the MOS transistors 323 and 324 constitute a current mirror circuit serving as a load for the third MOS transistor 331 and the fourth MOS transistor 332.
- Such an input buffer is known as a CMA (Current Mirror Amplifier) circuit.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the followability of the input signal (VIN in FIG. 7, Vin1 in FIG. 8) and the reference voltage (VREF in FIG. 7, Vin2 in FIG. 8) in the QCR circuit and the CMA circuit.
- the horizontal axis represents the change amount ⁇ Vref of the reference voltage Vref
- the vertical axis represents the change amount margin from the threshold value (VIHL) for recognizing the input signal as a logic high level.
- the QCR circuit has a characteristic that even if the reference potential supplied to one input terminal fluctuates, the threshold value of the input circuit hardly fluctuates.
- the CMA circuit has a characteristic that when the reference voltage supplied to one input terminal varies, the threshold value of the input circuit follows the variation of the reference voltage.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the tracking error at the center of FIG. 5 as an absolute value. As shown in FIG. 6, in terms of the tracking error with respect to the reference voltage, the QCR circuit has a larger tracking error than the CMA circuit.
- semiconductor devices including an input circuit are used in various devices such as personal computers, servers, and mobile phones, and there are many suppliers who supply these final products to the market as users of the semiconductor devices.
- One user needs an input circuit having a characteristic that the threshold value hardly changes with respect to the change in the reference potential, and another user has a characteristic that the threshold value follows the change in the reference potential. Requires an input circuit.
- the characteristics required for the input circuit may differ depending on the user.
- a semiconductor device includes first and second input terminals, a first transistor having a control terminal connected to the first input terminal, and a control terminal having the second input terminal.
- a second transistor connected to the input terminal of the first transistor, a third transistor connected to the first and second transistors, and a third transistor having a control terminal connected to each other at the first node;
- a fifth transistor having a terminal connected to the first input terminal, a sixth transistor connected to the second input terminal, and a control terminal connected to the fifth and sixth transistors, respectively;
- a control terminal including seventh and eighth transistors connected to each other at a second node, and a switch connected between the first node and the second node.
- an input circuit having high versatility and a simple configuration can be realized.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a semiconductor device according to a first example.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of an input circuit according to the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a reference voltage monitor circuit. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the semiconductor device which concerns on a 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the tracking property of the input signal and reference voltage in a QCR circuit and a CMA circuit. It is the figure which represented the tracking error in the center part of FIG. 5 by the absolute value.
- 10 is a circuit diagram of an input receiver circuit described in Patent Document 1.
- FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram of an input buffer described in Patent Literature 2.
- FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram of an input buffer described in Patent Literature 2.
- a semiconductor device includes a first transistor (IN1 and Vref in FIG. 2) and a first transistor (MN1 in FIG. 2) having a control terminal connected to the first input terminal.
- an input circuit is formed which becomes a QCR circuit when the switch is short-circuited and becomes a CMA circuit when the switch is opened. Therefore, an input circuit having high versatility and a simple configuration can be realized.
- a detection circuit that detects a potential of a second input terminal, turns off a switch when the potential is included in a predetermined range, and turns on a switch when the potential is out of the predetermined range. (Corresponding to 15 in FIG. 1) may be further provided.
- the predetermined range may include an intermediate value between the voltages of the first and second power supplies.
- the semiconductor device may further include a register (12a in FIG. 4) for setting an operation mode, and the switch may be turned on when the register is set to a predetermined mode.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment.
- a semiconductor device 10 is a memory including an input / output circuit 11, a mode register 12, a read / write control circuit 13, a memory cell array 14, and a reference voltage monitor circuit 15, for example, a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory).
- DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
- the input / output circuit 11 receives a control signal CTL, a command signal CMD, an address signal ADD, and a data signal DQ from the outside, is buffered and binarized, and is input to the mode register 12 and the read / write control circuit 13 Functions as a circuit.
- the input / output circuit 11 receives a reference voltage Vref from the outside, and binarizes the input signal depending on whether the voltage level of the input signal is higher or lower than the reference voltage Vref. Further, the input / output circuit 11 receives the selection signal SWCTL from the reference voltage monitor circuit 15 and switches the operation of the input circuit according to the selection signal SWCTL.
- the input / output circuit 11 also functions as an output circuit that buffers the data signal output from the read / write control circuit 13 and outputs it as a data signal DQ to the outside.
- the mode register 12 is a register for setting an operation mode, and outputs a mode signal MD generated based on the command signal CMD and the address signal ADD to the read / write control circuit 13.
- the read / write control circuit 13 controls to write the data signal DQ inputted from the outside to the cell in the memory cell array 14 specified by the address signal ADD.
- the mode signal MD indicates the read mode, control is performed so that the data signal read from the cell in the memory cell array 14 specified by the address signal ADD is read to the outside as the data signal DQ.
- the reference voltage monitor circuit 15 functions as a detection circuit that receives a reference voltage Vref from the outside and outputs a selection signal SWCTL having a logical value corresponding to whether or not the reference voltage Vref is included in a predetermined range.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of the input circuit according to the first embodiment.
- the input circuit 11a shown in FIG. 2 corresponds to one input circuit in the input / output circuit 11 of FIG.
- the input circuit 11a of FIG. 2 includes NMOS transistors MN1 to MN5, PMOS transistors MP1 to MP5, and an inverter circuit INV1.
- the NMOS transistor MN1 has a drain connected to each of the drain of the PMOS transistor MP1, the drain of the NMOS transistor MN3, and the drain of the PMOS transistor MP3, receives the input signal IN at the gate, and grounds the source.
- the NMOS transistor MN2 has a drain connected to the drain and gate of the PMOS transistor MP4 and the node N1, receives the reference voltage Vref at the gate, and grounds the source.
- the PMOS transistor MP1 outputs the output signal OUT from the drain, receives the input signal IN at the gate, and connects the source to the power supply VDD.
- the PMOS transistor MP2 has a drain connected to the drain and gate of the NMOS transistor MN4 and the node N2, receives a reference voltage Vref at the gate, and connects a source to the power supply VDD.
- the NMOS transistor MN3 has a gate connected to the node N2 and a source grounded.
- NMOS transistor MN4 has its source grounded.
- the PMOS transistor MP3 has a gate connected to the node N1 and a source connected to the power supply VDD.
- the NMOS transistor MN4 has a source connected to the power supply VDD.
- the NMOS transistor MN5 has one of the drain and source connected to the node N1, the other drain and source connected to the node N2, and the gate connected to the output of the inverter circuit INV1 that logically inverts the selection signal SWCTL.
- the PMOS transistor MP5 has one of the drain and source connected to the node N1, the other drain and source connected to the node N2, and the gate receiving the selection signal SWCTL.
- the PMOS transistor MP5 forms a transfer gate that functions as a switch together with the NMOS transistor MN5.
- the input circuit 11a in FIG. 2 is a QCR circuit. That is, the transistors MN1 to MN4 and MP1 to MP4 in FIG. 2 correspond to the transistors 114, 113, 118, 117, 120, 119, 116, and 115 in FIG.
- the input circuit 11a in FIG. 2 is a CMA circuit. That is, the transistors MN1 to MN4 and MP1 to MP4 in FIG. 2 correspond to the transistors 321 to 324 and 331 to 334 in FIG.
- the input circuit 11a becomes a QCR circuit only by turning on the switch added to the CMA circuit. Therefore, an input circuit with a simple configuration is realized.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the reference voltage monitor circuit 15.
- the reference voltage monitor circuit 15 inputs a reference voltage Vref, 0.51 ⁇ VDD which is 0.51 times the voltage of the power supply VDD, and 0.49 ⁇ VDD which is 0.49 times the voltage of the power supply VDD. To do.
- the reference voltage monitor circuit 15 outputs an H level as the selection signal SWCTL when 0.51 ⁇ VDD> Vref> 0.49 ⁇ VDD.
- the input circuit 11a in FIG. 2 operates as a CMA circuit.
- the reference voltage monitor circuit 15 outputs an L level as the selection signal SWCTL when 0.51 ⁇ VDD ⁇ Vref or Vref ⁇ 0.49 ⁇ VDD.
- the input circuit 11a in FIG. 2 operates as a QCR circuit.
- Vref is in the range of ⁇ 10%
- ⁇ Vref is in the range of ⁇ 75 mV to +75 mV.
- FIG. 6 is a plot of the difference from each ideal value of the circuit as an absolute value.
- the QCR circuit sets the threshold Vref tracking error of 10 mV. It turns out that it will exceed and spec out.
- the characteristics of the CMA circuit are within specifications.
- the input circuit may be operated as a CMA circuit at Vref ⁇ 10%.
- the input circuit may be operated as a QCR circuit in order to operate the semiconductor device more stably.
- whether the input circuit 11a is a CMA circuit or a QCR circuit can be set according to whether or not the reference voltage Vref is included in a predetermined range. It is.
- the predetermined range preferably includes 0.5 ⁇ VDD. In the above description, the predetermined range is 0.51 ⁇ VDD to 0.49 ⁇ VDD. However, these numerical values are merely examples and are not limited.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment.
- the semiconductor device 10a of FIG. 4 eliminates the reference voltage monitor circuit 15 of FIG. 1, and includes a mode register 12a instead of the mode register 12 of FIG.
- the mode register 12a has an input circuit selection mode for setting the selection signal SWCTL to the H or L level based on the command signal CMD and the address signal ADD in addition to the function of the mode register 12 of FIG.
- the semiconductor device of the second embodiment it is possible to select whether the input circuit 11a is a QCR circuit or a CMA circuit by setting the input circuit selection mode of the mode register 12a.
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本発明は、日本国特許出願:特願2013-108581号(2013年5月23日出願)の優先権主張に基づくものであり、同出願の全記載内容は引用をもって本書に組み込み記載されているものとする。
本発明は、半導体装置に係り、特に、半導体装置における入力回路の構成技術に係る。
11 入出力回路
11a 入力回路
12、12a モードレジスタ
13 リード/ライト制御回路
14 メモリセルアレイ
15 基準電圧モニタ回路
INV1 インバータ回路
MN1~MN5 NMOSトランジスタ
MP1~MP5 PMOSトランジスタ
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- 第1及び第2の入力端子と、
制御端子が前記第1の入力端子に接続された第1のトランジスタと、
制御端子が前記第2の入力端子に接続された第2のトランジスタと、
前記第1及び第2のトランジスタにそれぞれ接続され、且つ、制御端子が第1のノードで互いに接続された第3及び第4のトランジスタと、
制御端子が前記第1の入力端子に接続された第5のトランジスタと、
制御端子が前記第2の入力端子に接続された第6のトランジスタと、
前記第5及び第6のトランジスタにそれぞれ接続され、且つ、制御端子が第2のノードで互いに接続された第7及び第8のトランジスタと、
前記第1のノードと前記第2のノードとの間に接続されたスイッチと、
を含む半導体装置。 - 第1及び第2の電源を更に備え、
前記第1及び第3のトランジスタは、前記第1及び第2の電源との間に直列に接続され、前記第2及び第4のトランジスタは、前記第1及び第2の電源との間に直列に接続され、前記第5及び第7のトランジスタは、前記第1及び第2の電源との間に直列に接続され、前記第6及び第8のトランジスタは、前記第1及び第2の電源との間に直列に接続される、請求項1に記載の半導体装置。 - 前記第1及び第3のトランジスタは第3のノードで互いに接続され、前記第5及び第7のトランジスタは前記第3のノードと接続された第4のノードで互いに接続される、請求項2に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記第2及び第3のトランジスタは、前記第1のノードと接続された第5のノードで互いに接続され、前記第6及び第8のトランジスタは、前記第2のノードと接続された第6のノードで互いに接続される、請求項3に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記第1、第2、第7、及び第8のトランジスタが第1の導電型であり、前記第3、第4、第5、及び、第6のトランジスタが前記第1の導電型と異なる第2の導電型である、請求項1乃至4のいずれか一項に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記第2の入力端子の電位を検知し、該電位が所定の範囲に含まれる場合に前記スイッチをオフとし、該電位が前記所定の範囲外である場合に前記スイッチをオンとする検知回路をさらに備える、請求項1乃至5のいずれか一項に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記所定の範囲は、前記第1および第2の電源の電圧の中間値を含む、請求項6に記載の半導体装置。
- 動作モードを設定するレジスタをさらに備え、前記レジスタが所定のモードに設定されている場合に前記スイッチをオンとすることを特徴とする請求項1乃至5のいずれか一項に記載の半導体装置。
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