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Semiconductor integrated circuit having input circuit

US6066973A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 31, 1998
Grant dateMay 23, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/00361
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input circuit is made up of an external signal input portion which inputs an external signal, a voltage level converting circuit which has an input terminal for inputting a signal from the external signal input circuit and which has an output terminal for outputng the signal to the internal circuit after a voltage level was converted, a first power supply terminal which has a first potential for driving the voltage level converting circuit, a second power supply terminal which has a second potential for driving the voltage level converting circuit, and a noise control portion which couples to the input terminal of the voltage level converting circuit, which controls a noise from the first power supply terminal and/or the second power supply terminal, and which has a first capacitor. Accordingly, the input circuit could be applied the stable signal to the internal circuit.

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