Invention Grant
US08717806B2 Storage element, storage device, signal processing circuit, and method for driving storage element
有权
存储元件,存储装置,信号处理电路和驱动存储元件的方法
- Patent Title: Storage element, storage device, signal processing circuit, and method for driving storage element
- Patent Title (中): 存储元件,存储装置,信号处理电路和驱动存储元件的方法
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Application No.: US13342276Application Date: 2012-01-03
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Publication No.: US08717806B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
- Applicant: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2011-005614 20110114
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00

Abstract:
A storage element capable of retaining data even after supply of power supply voltage is stopped is provided. In the storage element retaining data in synchronization with a clock signal, with the use of a capacitor and a transistor having a channel in an oxide semiconductor layer, the data can be retained even after supply of power supply voltage is stopped. Here, when the transistor is turned off while the level of the clock signal is kept constant before the supply of power supply voltage is stopped, the data can be retained accurately in the capacitor. By applying such a storage element to each of a CPU, a memory, and a peripheral control device, supply of power supply voltage can be stopped in the entire system, so that the power consumption of the entire system can be reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120182788A1 STORAGE ELEMENT, STORAGE DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING STORAGE ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2012-07-19
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