Power switching circuit

• US 20060214722A1
• Filed: 03/28/2006
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Socionext Inc.
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Maede, Masato, Daio, Kinya, Hirose, Masaya, Gion, Masahiro, Watanabe, Hisaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,423,472 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 327/407
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/162 without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/302 in field-effect transistor switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/693 Switching arrangements with several input- or output-terminals, e.g. multiplexers, distributors logic circuits H03K19/00; code converters H03M5/00, H03M7/00

Abstract

There is provided a power switching circuit capable of completely breaking a current in an OFF state of a switch connecting power sources even when a voltage difference is generated between the power sources of a plurality of functional blocks separated from each other on an LSI chip. A gate control circuit 1a has a control signal terminal INCNT, a first power imputer terminal IG11, and a second power supply terminal IG12 as input terminals and has a first output terminal OG11 and a second output terminal OG12 as output terminals. The gate of a second P-type transistor P2 is connected to the first output terminal OG11 of the gate control circuit 1a and the gate of a second P-type transistor P2 is connected to the second output terminal OG12 of the gate control circuit 1a, wherein the first P-type transistor P1 and the second P-type transistor P2 are connected in series between a first power source VDD1 and a second power source VDD2 to form a switch section.

Claims

1. A power switching circuit, comprising:

a first p-type transistor and a second p-type transistor connected in series between a first power source and a second power source;

a gate control circuit having a first power supply terminal connected to the first power source, a second power supply terminal connected to the second power source, a control signal terminal to which a control signal is input, a first output terminal connected to the gate of the first P-type transistor, and a second output terminal connected to the gate of the second P-type transistor, and

a well-potential control circuit having a first power supply terminal connected to the first power source, a second power supply terminal connected to the second power source, and an output terminal connected to the well of the first P-type transistor and the well of the second P-type transistor;

wherein the gate control circuit outputs a voltage equal to that of the first power source to the first output terminal and outputs a voltage equal to that of the second power source to the second output terminal when the control signal is in a low level, and outputs an earth potential to the first output terminal and the second output terminal when the control signal is in a high level, and

wherein the well-potential control circuit outputs the voltage equal to that of the first power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the first power source is higher than that of the second power source, and outputs the voltage equal to that of the second power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the second power source is higher than that of the first power source.

2. The power switching circuit according to claim 1, wherein the gate control circuit includes a first resistive element and a first N-type transistor connected in series between the first power supply terminal and the earth potential and a second resistive element and a second N-type transistor connected in series between the second power supply terminal and the earth potential, and

wherein the gate of the first N-type transistor and the gate of the second N-type transistor are connected to the control signal terminal, a connection node between the first resistive element and the first N-type transistor serves as the first output terminal, and a connection node between the second resistive element and the second N-type transistor serves as the second output terminal.

3. The power switching circuit according to claim 1, wherein the gate control circuit includes a fifth P-type transistor and a first N-type transistor connected in series between the first power supply terminal and the earth potential and a sixth P-type transistor and a second N-type transistor connected in series between the second power supply terminal and the earth potential, and

wherein the gate of the first N-type transistor and the gate of the second N-type transistor are connected to the control signal terminal, the gate of the fifth P-type transistor and the gate of the sixth P-type transistor are connected to the earth potential, a connection node between the fifth P-type transistor and the first N-type transistor serves as the first output terminal, and a connection node between the fifth P-type transistor and the second N-type transistor serves as the second output terminal.

4. The power switching circuit according to claim 1, wherein the gate control circuit includes a seventh P-type transistor and a first N-type transistor connected in series between the first power supply terminal and the earth potential and an eighth P-type transistor and a second N-type transistor connected in series between the second power supply terminal and the earth potential, and

wherein the gate of the first N-type transistor, the gate of the second N-type transistor, the gate of the seventh P-type transistor, and the gate of the eighth P-type transistor are connected to the control signal terminal, a connection node between the seventh P-type transistor and the first N-type transistor serves as the first output terminal, and a connection node between the eighth P-type transistor and the second N-type transistor serves as the second output terminal.

5. The power switching circuit according to claim 1, wherein the well-potential control circuit includes a third P-type transistor connected between the first power supply terminal and the output terminal and a fourth P-type transistor connected between the second power supply terminal and the output terminal, and

wherein the gate of the third P-type transistor is connected to the second power supply terminal and the gate of the fourth P-type transistor is connected to the first power supply terminal.

6. The power switching circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a first capacitive element connected between the first power source and the gate of the first P-type transistor, and/or a second capacitive element connected between the second power source and the gate of the second P-type transistor.

8. The power switching circuit according to claim 1, wherein a connection node between the first P-type transistor and the second P-type transistor is provided with an inspecting power supply terminal.

7. A power switching circuit comprising:

a first P-type transistor and a second P-type transistor connected in series between a first power source and a second power source;

a gate control circuit including a first resistive element connected between the first power source and the gate of the first P-type transistor, a second resistive element connected between the second power source and the gate of the second P-type transistor, a sixth N-type transistor connected between the gate of the second P-type transistor and an earth potential, a third resistive element, a fourth resistive element, and a seventh N-type transistor connected in series between the first power source and the earth potential, a first operational amplifier of which a normal input terminal is connected to a connection node between the third resistive element and the fourth resistive element, a wire for connecting an inverted input of the first operational amplifier to the second power source, a fifth N-type transistor connected between the gate of the first P-type transistor and the output of the first operational amplifier, a control signal terminal connected to the gate of the fifth N-type transistor, the gate of the sixth n-type transistor, and the gate of the seventh N-type transistor, a first output terminal connected to the gate of the first P-type transistor, and a second output terminal connected to the gate of the second P-type transistor; and

a well-potential control circuit including a first power supply terminal connected to the first power source, a second power supply terminal connected to the second power source, and an output terminal connected to the well of the first P-type transistor and the well of the second P-type transistor,

wherein the well-potential control circuit outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the first power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the first power source is higher than the voltage of the second power source, and outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the second power source when the voltage of the second power source is higher than the voltage of the first power source.

9. A power switching circuit comprising:

a ninth P-type transistor and a tenth P-type transistor connected in series between a first power source and a second power source;

an eleventh P-type transistor connected between a connection node between the ninth P-type transistor and the tenth P-type transistor and a third power source;

a 3-power gate control circuit including a first power supply terminal connected to the first power source, a second power supply terminal connected to the second power source, a third power supply terminal connected to the third power source, a control signal terminal to which a control signal is input, a first output terminal connected to the gate of the ninth P-type transistor, a second output terminal connected to the gate of the tenth P-type transistor, and a third output terminal connected to the gate of the eleventh P-type transistor;

a 3-power well-potential control circuit including a first power supply terminal connected to the first power source, a second power supply terminal connected to the second power source, a third power supply terminal connected to the third power source, and an output terminal connected to the well of the ninth P-type transistor, the well of the tenth P-type transistor, and the well of the eleventh P-type transistor; and

an inspecting power supply terminal connected to a connection node among the ninth P-type transistor, a tenth P-type transistor, and the eleventh P-type transistor,

wherein when the control signal is in a low level, the 3-power gate control circuit outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the first power source to the first output terminal, outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the second power source to the second output terminal, and outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the third power source to the third output terminal, and when the control signal is in a high level, the 3-power gate control circuit outputs the earth potential to the first output terminal, the second output terminal, and the third output terminal, and

wherein the 3-power well-potential control circuit outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the first power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the first power source is higher than the voltage of the second power source and the voltage of the third power source, and outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the second power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the second power source is higher than the voltage of the first power source and the voltage of the third power source, and outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the third power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the third power source is higher than the voltage of the first power source and the voltage of the second power source.

10. The power switching circuit according to claim 9, wherein the 3-power gate control circuit includes a fifth resistive element and an eighth N-type transistor connected in series between the first power supply terminal and the earth potential, a sixth resistive element and a ninth N-type transistor connected in series between the second power supply terminal and the earth potential, and a seventh resistive element and a tenth N-type transistor connected in series between the third power supply terminal and the earth potential,

wherein the gate of the eighth N-type transistor, the gate of the ninth N-type transistor, and the gate of the tenth N-type transistor are connected to the control signal terminal, and

wherein a connection node between the fifth resistive element and the eighth N-type transistor serves as the first output terminal, a connection node between the sixth resistive element and the ninth N-type transistor serves as the second output terminal, and a connection node between the seventh resistive element and the tenth N-type transistor serves as the third output terminal.

11. The power switching circuit according to claim 9, wherein the 3-power well-potential control circuit includes first and second well-potential control circuits,

wherein each of the first and second well-potential control circuits has a third P-type transistor connected between the first power supply terminal and the output terminal and a fourth P-type transistor connected between the second power supply terminal and the output terminal, the gate of the third P-type transistor is connected to the second power supply terminal, and the gate of the fourth N-type transistor is connected to the first power supply terminal, and

wherein a first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to a first power supply terminal of the first well-potential control circuit, a second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to a second power supply terminal, a third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to a second power supply terminal of the second well-potential control circuit, an output terminal of the first well-potential control circuit is connected to a first power supply terminal of the second well-potential control circuit, and an output terminal of the second well-potential control circuit serves as an output terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit.

20. The power switching circuit according to claim 9, wherein the 3-power well-potential control circuit includes first, second, and third 3-power voltage determining circuits,

wherein each of the first, second, and third 3-power voltage determining circuits includes fourteenth and fifteenth P-type transistors connected in series between the power supply terminal and the output terminal and a twentieth N-type transistor connected between the power supply terminal and the output terminal,

wherein the gate of the twentieth N-type transistor is connected to the power input terminal,

wherein the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to a power supply terminal of the first 3-power voltage determining circuit, the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to a power supply terminal of the second 3-power voltage determining circuit, and the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to a power supply terminal of the third 3-power voltage determining circuit,

wherein a first voltage input terminal and a second voltage input terminal, which are the gates of the fourteenth and fifteenth P-type transistors of the first 3-power voltage determining circuit, are connected to the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well potential control circuit and the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively, or to the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively,

wherein a first voltage input terminal and a second voltage input terminal, which are the gates of the fourteenth and fifteenth P-type transistors of the second 3-power voltage determining circuit, are connected to the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively, or to the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively,

wherein a first voltage input terminal and a second voltage input terminal, which are the gates of the fourteenth and fifteenth P-type transistors of the third 3-power voltage determining circuit, are connected to the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively, or to the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively, and

wherein the output terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to output terminals of the first, second, and third 3-power voltage determining circuits.

21. The power switching circuit according to claim 9, wherein the 3-power well-potential control circuit includes first, second, and third 3-power voltage determining circuits,

wherein each of the first, second, and third 3-power voltage determining circuits includes fourteenth and fifteenth P-type transistors connected in series between the power supply terminal and the output terminal,

wherein the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to a power supply terminal of the first 3-power voltage determining circuit, the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to a power supply terminal of the second 3-power voltage determining circuit, and the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to a power supply terminal of the third 3-power voltage determining circuit,

wherein a first voltage input terminal and a second voltage input terminal, which are the gates of the fourteenth and fifteenth P-type transistors of the first 3-power voltage determining circuit, are connected to the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively, or to the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively,

wherein a first voltage input terminal and a second voltage input terminal, which are the gates of the fourteenth and fifteenth P-type transistors of the second 3-power voltage determining circuit, are connected to the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively, or to the third power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively,

wherein a first voltage input terminal and a second voltage input terminal, which are the gates of the fourteenth and fifteenth P-type transistors of the third 3-power voltage determining circuit, are connected to the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively, or to the second power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit and the first power supply terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit, respectively, and

wherein the output terminal of the 3-power well-potential control circuit is connected to output terminals of the first, second, and third 3-power voltage determining circuits.

12. A power switching circuit comprising:

an eleventh N-type transistor connected between a first power source and a second power source;

an eighth resistive element connected between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the earth potential; and

an inspecting signal input terminal connected to a connection node between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the eighth resistive element.

13. A power switching circuit comprising:

an eleventh N-type transistor connected between a first power source and a second power source;

an eighth resistive element connected between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the earth potential; and

a twelfth P-type transistor connected between a connection node between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the eighth resistive element, wherein an inverted control signal is input to the gate thereof.

14. A power switching circuit comprising:

an eleventh N-type transistor connected between a first power source and a second power source;

an eighth resistive element connected between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the earth potential;

a twelfth N-type transistor connected between the first power source and a third power source;

a ninth resistive element connected between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the earth potential;

a thirteenth N-type transistor connected between the first power source and a fourth power source;

a tenth resistive element connected between the gate of the thirteenth N-type transistor and the earth potential; and

an inspecting signal input terminal connected in common to a connection node between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the eighth resistive element, a connection node between the gate of the twelfth N-type transistor and the ninth resistive element, and a connection node between the gate of the thirteenth N-type transistor and the tenth resistive element.

15. A power switching circuit comprising:

an eleventh N-type transistor which is connected between a first power source and a second power source and of which the well potential can be controlled by a triple well process;

an eighth resistive element connected between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the earth potential;

an inspecting well-potential control terminal connected to the well of the eleventh N-type transistor; and

an inspecting signal input terminal connected to the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor.

16. A power switching circuit comprising:

an eleventh N-type transistor which is connected between a first power source and a second power source and of which the well potential can be controlled by a triple well process;

an eighth resistive element connected between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the earth potential;

an inspecting well-potential control terminal connected to the well of the eleventh N-type transistor; and

a twelfth P-type transistor connected to a connection node between the gate of the eleventh N-type transistor and the eighth resistive element, wherein an inverted control signal is input to the gate thereof.

17. A power switching circuit comprising:

a first P-type transistor and a second P-type transistor connected in series between a first power source and a second power source;

a fourteenth N-type transistor connected between the first power source and the second power source;

a PN gate control circuit including a first power supply terminal connected to the first power source, a second power supply terminal connected to the second power source, a control signal terminal to which a control signal is input, an inverted control signal terminal to which an inverted control signal is input, a first output terminal connected to the gate of the first P-type transistor, a second output terminal connected to the gate of the second P-type transistor, and a third output terminal connected to the gate of the fourteenth N-type transistor; and

a well-potential control circuit including a first power supply terminal connected to the first power source, a second power supply terminal connected to the second power source, and an output terminal connected to the well of the first P-type transistor and the well of the second P-type transistor,

wherein when the control signal is in a low level and the inverted control signal is in a high level, the PN gate control circuit outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the first power source to the first output terminal, outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the second power source to the second output terminal, and outputs the earth potential to the third output terminal, and when the control signal is in a high level and the inverted control signal is in a low level, the PN gate control circuit outputs the earth potential to the first output terminal and the second output terminal and outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the first power source to the third output terminal, and

wherein the well-potential control circuit outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the first power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the first power source is higher than the voltage of the second power source, and outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the second power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the second power source is higher than the voltage of the first power source.

18. The power switching circuit according to claim 17, wherein the PN gate control circuit further includes an eleventh resistive element and a fifteenth N-type transistor connected in series between the first power supply terminal and the earth potential, a twelfth resistive element and a sixteenth N-type transistor connected in series between the second power supply terminal and the earth potential, and a thirteenth P-type transistor and a thirteenth resistive element connected in series between the first power source and the earth potential, and

wherein the gate of the fifteenth N-type transistor and the gate of the sixteenth N-type transistor are connected to the control signal terminal, the gate of the thirteenth P-type transistor is connected to the inverted control signal terminal, a connection node between the eleventh resistive element and the fifteenth N-type transistor is connected to the first output terminal, a connection node between the twelfth resistive element and the sixteenth N-type transistor is connected to the second output terminal, and a connection node between the thirteenth P-type transistor and the thirteenth resistive element is connected to the third output terminal.

19. A power switching circuit comprising:

a first P-type transistor and a second P-type transistor connected in series between a first power source and a second power source;

a fourteenth N-type transistor connected between the first power source and the second power source;

a fourteenth resistive element connected between the first power source and the gate of the first P-type transistor;

a fifteenth resistive element connected between the second power source and the gate of the second P-type transistor;

an eighteenth N-type transistor connected between the gate of the second P-type transistor and an earth potential;

a seventeenth resistive element, an eighteenth resistive element, and a seventeenth N-type transistor connected in series between the first power source and the earth potential;

a first operational amplifier of which a normal input terminal is connected to a connection node between the seventeenth resistive element and the eighteenth resistive element;

a line for connecting an inverted input terminal of the first operational amplifier and the second power source;

a twentieth N-type transistor connected between the gate of the first P-type transistor and an output terminal of the first operational amplifier;

a sixteenth resistive element connected between the gate of the fourteenth N-type transistor and the earth potential;

a nineteenth N-type transistor connected between the gate of the fourteenth N-type transistor and the output terminal of the first operational amplifier;

a control signal terminal connected to the gate of the seventeenth N-type transistor, the gate of the eighteenth N-type transistor, the gate of the nineteenth N-type transistor, and the gate of the twentieth N-type transistor; and

a well-potential control circuit having a first power supply terminal, a second power supply terminal, and an output terminal,

wherein the well-potential control circuit outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the first power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the first power source is higher than the voltage of the second power source, and outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the second power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the second power source is higher than the voltage of the first power source.

22. A power switching circuit comprising:

an eighteenth P-type transistor connected between an inspecting power supply terminal and a first power source, a nineteenth P-type transistor connected between the inspecting power supply terminal and a second power source, a twentieth P-type transistor connected between the inspecting power supply terminal and a third power source, a twenty first P-type transistor connected between the inspecting power supply terminal and a fourth power source, and a twenty second P-type transistor connected between the inspecting power supply terminal and a fifth power source;

a 5-power gate control circuit including a first power supply terminal connected to the first power source, a second power supply terminal connected to the second power source, a third power supply terminal connected to the third power source, a fourth power supply terminal connected to the fourth power source, a fifth power supply terminal connected to the fifth power source, a control signal terminal to which a control signal is input, a first output terminal connected to the gate of the eighteenth P-type transistor, a second output terminal connected to the gate of the nineteenth P-type transistor, a third output terminal connected to the gate of the twentieth P-type transistor, a fourth output terminal connected to the gate of the twenty first P-type transistor, and a fifth output terminal connected to the gate of the twenty second P-type transistor; and

a 5-power well-potential control circuit including a first power supply terminal connected to the first power source, a second power supply terminal connected to the second power source, a third power supply terminal connected to the third power source, a fourth power supply terminal connected to the fourth power source, a fifth power supply terminal connected to the fifth power source, and an output terminal simultaneously connected to the well of the eighteenth P-type transistor, the well of the nineteenth P-type transistor, the well of the twentieth P-type transistor, the well of the twenty first P-type transistor, and the well of the twenty second P-type transistor,

wherein when the control signal is in a low level, the 5-power gate control signal outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the first power source to the first output terminal, outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the second power source to the second output terminal, outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the third power source to the third output terminal, outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the fourth power source to the fourth output terminal, and outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the fifth power source to the fifth output terminal, and when the control signal is in a high level, the 5-power gate control circuit outputs the earth potential to the first output terminal, the second output terminal, the third output terminal, the fourth output terminal, and the fifth output terminal, and

wherein the 5-power well-potential control circuit outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the first power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the first power source is higher than the voltage of the second power source, the voltage of the third power source, the voltage of the fourth power source, and the voltage of the fifth power source, outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the second power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the second power source is higher than the voltage of the first power source, the voltage of the third power source, the voltage of the fourth power source, and the voltage of the fifth power source, outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the third power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the third power source is higher than the voltage of the first power source, the voltage of the second power source, the voltage of the fourth power source, and the voltage of the fifth power source, outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the fourth power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the fourth power source is higher than the voltage of the first power source, the voltage of the second power source, the voltage of the third power source, and the voltage of the fifth power source, and outputs a voltage equal to the voltage of the fifth power source to the output terminal when the voltage of the fifth power source is higher than the voltage of the first power source, the voltage of the second power source, the voltage of the third power source, and the voltage of the fourth power source.

23. The power switching circuit according to claim 22, wherein the 5-power well-potential control circuit includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth 5-power voltage determining circuits,

wherein each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth 5-power voltage determining circuits includes a power supply terminal, first, second, third, and fourth power input terminals, and an output terminal,

wherein the power supply terminal of the first 5-power voltage determining circuit is connected to the first power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit, and the first, second, third, and fourth voltage input terminals of the first 5-power voltage determining circuit are connected to any one of the second power supply terminal, the third power supply terminal, the fourth power supply terminal, and the fifth power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit,

wherein the power supply terminal of the second 5-power voltage determining circuit is connected to the second power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit, and the first, second, third, and fourth voltage input terminals of the second 5-power voltage determining circuit are connected to any one of the first power supply terminal, the third power supply terminal, the fourth power supply terminal, and the fifth power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit,

wherein the power supply terminal of the third 5-power voltage determining circuit is connected to the third power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit, and the first, second, third, and fourth voltage input terminals of the third 5-power voltage determining circuit are connected to any one of the first power supply terminal, the second power supply terminal, the fourth power supply terminal, and the fifth power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit,

wherein the power supply terminal of the fourth 5-power voltage determining circuit is connected to the fourth power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit, and the first, second, third, and fourth voltage input terminals of the fourth 5-power voltage determining circuit are connected to any one of the first power supply terminal, the second power supply terminal, the third power supply terminal, and the fifth power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit,

wherein the power supply terminal of the fifth 5-power voltage determining circuit is connected to the fifth power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit, and the first, second, third, and fourth voltage input terminals of the fifth 5-power voltage determining circuit are connected to any one of the first power supply terminal, the second power supply terminal, the third power supply terminal, and the fourth power supply terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit, and

wherein all the output terminals of the 5-power voltage determining circuits are connected to one node and serves as an output terminal of the 5-power well-potential control circuit.

24. The power switching circuit according to claim 22, wherein the 5-power gate control circuit includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth gate signal circuits,

wherein each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth gate signal circuits includes a power supply terminal, a control signal terminal, and an output terminal,

wherein all the control signal terminals of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth gate signal circuits are connected to the control signal terminal of the 5-power gate control signal,

wherein the power supply terminals of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth gate signal circuits are connected to the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth power supply terminals of the 5-power gate control circuit, respectively, and

wherein the output terminals of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth gate signal circuits are connected to the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth output terminals of the 5-power gate control circuit, respectively.

25. The power switching circuit according to claim 23, wherein the 5-power voltage determining circuit includes twenty third, twenty fourth, twenty fifth, and twenty sixth P-type transistors connected in series between the power supply terminal and the output terminal and a twenty first N-type transistor connected between the power supply terminal and the output terminal,

wherein the gate of the twenty first N-type transistor is connected to the power supply terminal, and

wherein the gates of the twenty third, twenty fourth, twenty fifth, and twenty sixth P-type transistors serve as the first, second, third, and fourth voltage input terminals, respectively.

26. The power switching circuit according to claim 23, wherein the 5-power voltage determining circuit includes twenty seventh, twenty eighth, twenty ninth, and thirtieth P-type transistors connected in series between the power supply terminal and the output terminal, and

wherein the gates of the twenty seventh, twenty eighth, twenty ninth, and thirtieth P-type transistors serve as the first, second, third, and fourth voltage input terminals, respectively.

27. The power switching circuit according to claim 22, wherein an inspecting control input terminal is connected to the control signal terminal, and

wherein a twentieth resistive element connected in series between a connection node between the control signal terminal and the inspecting control input terminal and the earth potential is further provided.