US4920398A
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Semiconductor MIS integrated circuit device
Assignee: Hitachi Microcomputer System Ltd
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Filing: 1989-06-09
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Granted: 1990-04-24
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Expires: 2009-06-09
Abstract
Abstract In an oscillation circuit consisting of an amplification circuit portion composed of transistors of input/output circuit basic cells of a gate array disposed on a semiconductor pellet and an oscillator disposed outside the semiconductor pellet, the amplification circuit portion consists of transistors for an output circuit of the input/output buffer circuit basic cells. The dielectric breakdown characteristics of the amplification circuit portion of the oscillation circuit can be improved because the structure of the transistor for the output circuit is more highly resistant to dielectric breakdown than the structure of the transistor for the input circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Shintani Yoshio
- 👤 Inatsu Mikio
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 18:54
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D84/00; H10D84/90; H10D84/998; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W72/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising: a semiconductor pellet; a rectangular internal cell array consisting of a plurality of basic cell lines each being formed by arranging a plurality of basic cells formed on said semiconductor pellet and juxtaposed in the same direction; a plurality of basic cells for input/output buffer circuits disposed in the outer peripheral direction of said internal cell array and including MISFETs for output circuit for forming an output circuit and MISFETs for input circuit for forming an input circuit; external terminals disposed in such a manner as to correspond to said basic cells for the input/output buffer circuits and to be positioned more outward than said basic cells for the input/output buffer circuits; an oscillator disposed outside said semiconductor pellet; and an oscillation circuit consisting of said oscillator and said MISFETs for said output circuit, with said MISFETs for said output circuit forming an amplification circuit portion of said oscillation circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising: a semiconductor pellet; a rectangular internal cell array consisting of a plurality of basic cell lines each being formed by arranging a plurality of basic cells formed on said semiconductor pellet and juxtaposed in the same direction; a plurality of basic cells for input/output buffer circuits disposed in the outer peripheral direction of said internal cell array and including MISFETs for output circuit for forming an output circuit and MISFETs for input circuit for forming an input circuit; external terminals disposed in such a manner as to correspond to said basic cells for the input/output buffer circuits and to be positioned more outward than said basic cells for the input/output buffer circuits; an oscillator disposed outside said semiconductor pellet; and an oscillation circuit consisting of said oscillator and said MISFETs for said output circuit, with said MISFETs for said output circuit forming an amplification circuit portion of said oscillation circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said MISFET for said output circuit has a greater ratio of a gate width/gate length than said MISFET for said input circuit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said oscillation circuit consists of two adjacent basic cells for the input/output buffer circuits among said plurality of basic cells for the input/output buffer circuit, said external terminals corresponding to said two basic cells, capacitors disposed between said external terminals and a reference potential disposed outside said pellet, and a resistor and -an oscillator that are disposed between said external terminals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said amplification circuit portion of said oscillation circuit has an inverter for oscillation using said MISFET for said output circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 4, wherein said MISFETs for said output circuit consist of P-channel MISFET and N-channel MISFET.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said MISFETs for said output circuit and said MISFETs for said input circuit consist of P-channel MISFETs and N-channel MISFETs, respectively.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said semiconductor integrated device is fabricated by a master slice system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said MISFET for said output circuit has greater driving capacity than said MISFET for said input circuit.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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