Semiconductor integrated circuit with shutoff control for plural power domains

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9673663-B2
Application number	US-201615216513-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2016
Priority date	Jun 3, 2009
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

A constantly power-ON domain and a standby-time power OFF domain are included on the same chip, and the constantly power-ON domain includes: a shutoff control circuit shutting off a signal inputted and outputted between the constantly power-ON domain and the standby-time power OFF domain when the first power source is ON and the second power source is OFF; and a shutoff control circuit outputting a first control signal indicating that shutoff of an emergent shutoff control circuit unit is to be enabled or disabled, the standby-time power OFF domain includes the emergent shutoff control circuit unit shutting off, based on the first control signal from the shutoff control circuit, the signal inputted between the emergent shutoff control circuit unit and the constantly power-ON domain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
a first power source configured to supply power to a first circuit; and
a second power source configured to supply power to a second circuit,
the first circuit including a shutoff control circuit configured to output a first control signal after power supply from the first power source is stopped, and the first circuit configured to control the second power source, and,
the second circuit coupled with the first circuit for at least transmitting a first transmission signal to the first circuit, the second circuit including a first signal shutoff circuit configured to shut off the first transmission signal to the first circuit, in accordance with the first control signal.

2. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a capacitor configured to supply power to the second circuit after power supply from the second power source is stopped.

3. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
a first power source configured to supply power to a first circuit; and
a second power source configured to supply power to a second circuit,
the first circuit including a shutoff control circuit configured to output a first control signal after power supply from the first power source is stopped, and the first circuit configured to control the second power source, and
the second circuit coupled with the first circuit for at least transmitting a first transmission signal to the first circuit, the second circuit including a first signal shutoff circuit configured to turn the first transmission signal into a low level which indicates that an emergent shutoff is to be enabled, in accordance with the first control signal.

4. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a capacitor configured to supply power to the second circuit after power supply from the second power source is stopped.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shiotani Masayoshi

Classifications

• H02J9/061 Primary

  for DC powered loads · CPC title

• G06F1/3265

  Power saving in display device · CPC title

• G06F1/30

  Means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations (for resetting only G06F1/24) · CPC title

• Y10T307/50

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G06F13/4068

  Electrical coupling · CPC title