Multichip semiconductor device

Claim 1

A multichip semiconductor device, comprising: a first semiconductor chip having a field-programmable gate array circuit portion; a second semiconductor chip having a programmable non-volatile memory for storing setting information about how to set a circuit of the field-programmable gate array circuit portion; an external connection terminal formed on the first semiconductor chip; a switch circuit formed on the first semiconductor chip and connected to the external connection terminal; an input/output line for connecting the switch circuit and the field-programmable gate array circuit portion to each other; a first connecting member for connecting the field-programmable gate array circuit portion and the non-volatile memory to each other; a second connecting member for connecting the switch circuit and the non-volatile memory to each other; and a setting information protecting mechanism for switching the switch circuit to the second state so as to disconnect the external connection terminal from the non-volatile memory permanently after the setting information has been stored in the non-volatile memory by being fed thereto from the external connection terminal through the switch circuit and the second connecting member, wherein the switch circuit can be switched between a first state connected to the second connecting member and a second state connected to the field-programmable gate array circuit portion, and the setting information about how to set the circuit of the field-programmable gate array circuit portion is written to the non-volatile memory by way of the second connecting member when the switch circuit is in the first state.