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US5616952A
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Semiconductor device with structure to decrease wiring capacitance
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1996-04-26
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Granted: 1997-04-01
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Expires: 2016-04-26
Abstract
Abstract It is the object of the invention to expand a band width of an amplifier by effectively decreasing wiring capacitances of the amplifier formed in a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is implemented in a package, and an output signal of the amplifier (not shown) formed in the semiconductor chip is supplied to the input terminal of an external buffer amplifier. In various signal paths which connect the output amplifier to the buffer amplifier, a signal wire, which connects the output terminal of the output amplifier to an output pad formed in the circumference of the chip, is provided with a shield wire thereunder. The shield wire is supplied with the output signal of the buffer amplifier. Since the phase and the amplitude of the voltage supplied by the buffer amplifier is nearly the same as those of the signal wire, the wiring capacitance between both wires is equivalently zero.
Inventors
- 👤 Takashi Nakano
- 👤 Yukio Taniji
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-06 04:52
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H10W20/41; H10W20/423; H10W20/427; H10W72/50; H10W72/541; H10W72/5445
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: an output amplifier mounted on a semiconductor chip and sealed in a package, a buffer amplifier positioned in an outside of said package, an input terminal of which is supplied with an output voltage of said output amplifier, and input and output voltages of which have nearly same phases and amplitudes, a signal wire in said semiconductor chip, which connects said output terminal of said output amplifier to an output pad near a side end of said semiconductor chip, and a shield wire in said semiconductor chip, which is positioned under or over said signal wire and communicates with only said output terminal of said buffer amplifier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: an output amplifier mounted on a semiconductor chip and sealed in a package, a buffer amplifier positioned in an outside of said package, an input terminal of which is supplied with an output voltage of said output amplifier, and input and output voltages of which have nearly same phases and amplitudes, a signal wire in said semiconductor chip, which connects said output terminal of said output amplifier to an output pad near a side end of said semiconductor chip, and a shield wire in said semiconductor chip, which is positioned under or over said signal wire and communicates with only said output terminal of said buffer amplifier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
110 words
A semiconductor device comprising: an output amplifier mounted on a semiconductor chip and sealed in a package, a buffer amplifier positioned in an outside of said package, an input terminal of which is supplied with an output voltage of said output amplifier, and input and output voltages of which have nearly same phases and amplitudes, signal and feed back wires, which are formed in a side end of said package and respectively connected to said input and output terminals of said buffer amplifier, and a shield wire which is positioned under or over said signal wire in said package, and communicates with only said output terminal of said buffer amplifier.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
110 words
A semiconductor device comprising: an output amplifier mounted on a semiconductor chip and sealed in a package, a buffer amplifier positioned in an outside of said package, an input terminal of which is supplied with an output voltage of said output amplifier, and input and output voltages of which have nearly same phases and amplitudes, signal and feed back wires, which are formed in a side end of said package and respectively connected to said input and output terminals of said buffer amplifier, and a shield wire which is positioned under or over said signal wire in said package, and communicates with only said output terminal of said buffer amplifier.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
174 words
A semiconductor device comprising: an output amplifier mounted on a semiconductor chip and sealed in a package, a buffer amplifier positioned in an outside of said package, an input terminal of which is supplied with an output voltages of said output amplifier, and input and output voltages of which have nearly same phases and amplitudes, a first signal wire in said semiconductor chip, which connects said output terminal of said output amplifier to an output pad near a side end of said semiconductor chip, a first shield wire in said semiconductor chip, which is positioned under or over said signal wire and communicates with only said output terminal of said buffer amplifier, a second signal wire and a feed back wire, both of which are formed in a side end of said package and respectively connected to said input and output terminals of said buffer amplifier, a second shield wire which is positioned under or over said second signal wire in said package, and communicates with only said output terminal of said buffer amplifier.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
174 words
A semiconductor device comprising: an output amplifier mounted on a semiconductor chip and sealed in a package, a buffer amplifier positioned in an outside of said package, an input terminal of which is supplied with an output voltages of said output amplifier, and input and output voltages of which have nearly same phases and amplitudes, a first signal wire in said semiconductor chip, which connects said output terminal of said output amplifier to an output pad near a side end of said semiconductor chip, a first shield wire in said semiconductor chip, which is positioned under or over said signal wire and communicates with only said output terminal of said buffer amplifier, a second signal wire and a feed back wire, both of which are formed in a side end of said package and respectively connected to said input and output terminals of said buffer amplifier, a second shield wire which is positioned under or over said second signal wire in said package, and communicates with only said output terminal of said buffer amplifier.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
112 words
A semiconductor device,comprising: a semiconductor chip mounted in a package, and having an output amplifier therein; a buffer amplifier for buffering an output signal of said output amplifier, said buffer amplifier being an external circuit for said semiconductor chip; and a shield interconnection formed between a signal interconnection for connecting an output terminal of said output amplifier to a signal pad of said semiconductor chip and a member having a potential different from a potential of said output terminal; wherein said shield interconnection is connected to an output terminal of said buffer amplifier, said output terminal of said buffer amplifier having the same phase as said output terminal of said output amplifier.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
112 words
A semiconductor device,comprising: a semiconductor chip mounted in a package, and having an output amplifier therein; a buffer amplifier for buffering an output signal of said output amplifier, said buffer amplifier being an external circuit for said semiconductor chip; and a shield interconnection formed between a signal interconnection for connecting an output terminal of said output amplifier to a signal pad of said semiconductor chip and a member having a potential different from a potential of said output terminal; wherein said shield interconnection is connected to an output terminal of said buffer amplifier, said output terminal of said buffer amplifier having the same phase as said output terminal of said output amplifier.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The semiconductor device as defined in claim 4, wherein: said shield interconnection is positioned under said signal interconnection not to be connected to any other circuit in said semiconductor chip.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The semiconductor device as defined in claim 4, wherein: said shield and signal interconnections are surrounded by a ground interconnection.
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