Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a power source voltage terminal (40) for being externally supplied with a power source voltage (VCC); an internal power source circuit (20) including a voltage dropping means (24) having a control terminal (21), a voltage input terminal (22) and a voltage output terminal (23), said voltage input terminal being for supply with a voltage (V CC ) at said power source voltage terminal (40); a detecting means (26, 29) which detects the voltage (V DD ) at said voltage output terminal (23) of said voltage dropping means (24) at a predetermined threshold voltage level, and supplies a signal related to this detection to said voltage dropping means (24); and an internal circuit (30) which is operable at the voltage (V DD ) level of said internal power source circuit (20), said internal circuit (30) containing MISFETs with a predetermined effective channel length.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a power source voltage terminal (40) for being externally supplied with a power source voltage (VCC); an internal power source circuit (20) including a voltage dropping means (24) having a control terminal (21), a voltage input terminal (22) and a voltage output terminal (23), said voltage input terminal being for supply with a voltage (V CC ) at said power source voltage terminal (40); a detecting means (26, 29) which detects the voltage (V DD ) at said voltage output terminal (23) of said voltage dropping means (24) at a predetermined threshold voltage level, and supplies a signal related to this detection to said voltage dropping means (24); and an internal circuit (30) which is operable at the voltage (V DD ) level of said internal power source circuit (20), said internal circuit (30) containing MISFETs with a predetermined effective channel length.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1, characterized in that said voltage dropping means (24) is a switching element.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 2, characterized in that said switching element is a MISFET (101, 106).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 2, characterized in that switching element is a bipolar transistor (110, 111).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1, characterized in that said voltage detecting circuit (26) includes an inverting circuit (104, 109, 114) with a predetermined threshold voltage.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 5, characterized in that a voltage dropping circuit (27) is provided between the voltage output terminal (23) of said voltage dropping means (24) and said inverting circuit (104, 109, 114).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1, characterized in that said detecting means (29) is a differential amplifier (125) which compares the voltage (V DD ) at the voltage output terminal (23) with a constant voltage (V R ), to produce an output signal depending on the results of this comparison.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 7, characterized in that said constant voltage (V R ) is produced by using a plurality of series-connected diodes (123).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 8, characterized in that programmable fuses (126) are connected in parallel to said fuses (123).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A MIS semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1, characterized in that the effective channel length of the MISFETs contained in said internal circuit (30) is 1 µm or less.