发明名称 Semiconductor integrated circuit device operated with an applied voltage lower than required by its clock oscillator
摘要 A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprises a first oscillator circuit driven by a first voltage for generating a first clock signal employed as the internal system clock signal for an internal circuit in the integrated circuit device and a second oscillator circuit driven by a second voltage lower than said first voltage for generating a second clock signal. A voltage boost circuit generates a stepped up voltage based on the second clock signal, which stepped up voltage is higher than the first voltage and is supplied to the first oscillator circuit and the internal circuit as their circuit source voltage. In another embodiment, an oscillation detecting circuit detects whether or not the first oscillator circuit is in an oscillating or non-oscillating state and, then, generates a clock selection control signal of a first type when the first oscillator circuit is in a non-oscillating state and generates a clock selection control signal of a second type when the first oscillator circuit is in an oscillating state. A clock signal selecting circuit is connected to receive either the first type or the second type clock selection control signal for respectively selecting either the second or the first clock signal for output. The oscillation detecting circuit is adapted to cease the oscillation of the second oscillator circuit when the first oscillator circuit is in its oscillating state.
申请公布号 US5126695(A) 申请公布日期 1992.06.30
申请号 US19910663757 申请日期 1991.03.01
申请人 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 发明人 ABE, SACHIYUKI
分类号 G06F1/08;H03K3/014;H03K3/03;H03L3/00 主分类号 G06F1/08
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