Semiconductor device
First Claim
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having formed thereon a matrix portion having a plurality of active device elements formed thereon in a matrix form;
an active device circuit including a semiconductor active device, said active device circuit having a plurality of input terminals, said active device circuit being formed around the matrix portion on said substrate;
an external connection terminal comprising one or more divided pieces arranged substantially parallel to said active device circuit for making an electrical connection with an external circuit aside from said semiconductor device, said external connection terminal being formed on an edge of said substrate; and
an electrically conductive line for making an electrical connection between each input terminal of said active device circuit and said external connection terminal, said electrically conductive line being formed on said substrate, wherein said electrically conductive line is divided into portions comprising a plurality of divided lines whose wiring resistance each has a predetermined value or less.
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Abstract
In a semiconductor device wherein an active device circuit and electrically conductive lines, such as a power source line for supplying power to the semiconductor active device circuit or signal lines for inputting a signal to the semiconductor active device circuit, are formed together on a single substrate, an improved arrangement wherein a conventional power source or signal line is formed by using a plurally of individual lines of substantially uniform electrical resistance where the electrical resistance of each line is limited to a predetermined value. Moreover, a waveform deterioration response signal component is added to a signal transmitted through the signal lines so as to improve the transmitted signal by compensating for waveform deterioration experienced during circuit operation. In addition, an electrical capacity forming electrode is provided alongside substantial length of the power source line. A capacitor is thus effectively formed within the active device circuit by intervening a dielectric between the power source line and the capacity forming electrode so as to reduce high-frequency noise which occurs in the power source line. The disclosed arrangements substantially reduce the occurrence of an irregular operation in the active device circuit.
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75 Claims
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1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a substrate having formed thereon a matrix portion having a plurality of active device elements formed thereon in a matrix form; an active device circuit including a semiconductor active device, said active device circuit having a plurality of input terminals, said active device circuit being formed around the matrix portion on said substrate; an external connection terminal comprising one or more divided pieces arranged substantially parallel to said active device circuit for making an electrical connection with an external circuit aside from said semiconductor device, said external connection terminal being formed on an edge of said substrate; and an electrically conductive line for making an electrical connection between each input terminal of said active device circuit and said external connection terminal, said electrically conductive line being formed on said substrate, wherein said electrically conductive line is divided into portions comprising a plurality of divided lines whose wiring resistance each has a predetermined value or less. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a substrate; an active device circuit including a semiconductor active device, said active device circuit being formed on said substrate; a signal line for transmitting a basic signal, which takes at least 2 values inputted from an outside of said semiconductor device thereinto, to said active device circuit, said signal line being formed on said substrate; and a waveform improvement signal generating circuit for generating a waveform improvement signal which is obtained by applying a waveform deterioration corresponding signal component to a basic signal transmitted through said signal line so as to supply said waveform improvement signal to said active device circuit, wherein said waveform improvement signal generating circuit obtains the following relations;
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F, (2)where v is a maximum amplitude of a basic signal component in said waveform improvement signal and V is a maximum amplitude of a part of said waveform improvement signal including the waveform deterioration response signal component, f is a frequency of said basic signal component and F is a frequency of the waveform deterioration response signal component. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a substrate; an active device circuit including a semiconductor active device, said active device circuit being formed on said substrate; and a signal line for transmitting an input signal inputted from the outside of said semiconductor device to said active device circuit, said signal line being formed on said substrate; wherein said active device circuit includes a phase characteristic improvement circuit comprising a differentiation circuit for compensating for waveform deterioration. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a substrate; an active device circuit including a semiconductor active device, said active device circuit being formed on said substrate; a signal line for transmitting a basic signal, which determines operational frequency of said active device circuit, to said active device circuit, said basic signal being inputted from an outside of said semiconductor device, said signal line being formed on said substrate; and a waveform improvement circuit for adding a waveform deterioration response signal component to a rising portion or a falling portion that is a portion where an operation timing is specified in said basic signal, wherein said waveform improvement circuit obtains the following relation; where f is an operation frequency of the active device circuit which is operated by said basic signal, and T is a minimum pulse width of said waveform deterioration response signal component. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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an insulating substrate; an active device circuit including a semiconductor active device, said active device circuit being formed on said substrate; and a signal line for transmitting an input signal inputted from an outside of said semiconductor device to said active device circuit, said signal line being formed on said substrate, wherein said active device circuit obtains the following relation;
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|V.sub.DD -V.sub.EE |where VDD is a maximum source voltage of said active device circuit, VEE is a minimum source voltage and Vpp (peak-to-peak value) is an amplitude of the input signal to be inputted to said active device circuit. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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46. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a substrate; an active device circuit including a semiconductor active device, said active device circuit being formed on said substrate; a power source line for supplying a source voltage from the outside of said semiconductor device to said active device circuit, said power source line being formed on said substrate; a capacity forming electrode having a reference potential, said capacity forming electrode being arranged so that at least one portion of said electrode is opposite to said power source line; and a capacity forming dielectric being arranged between said power source line and said capacity forming electrode which are arranged opposite to each other. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a first substrate; a second substrate arranged opposite to said first substrate; an active device circuit including a semiconductor active device, said active device circuit being formed on said first substrate; a power source line for supplying a source voltage from an outside of said semiconductor device to said active device circuit, said power source line being formed on said first substrate; a capacity forming electrode having a reference potential arranged so that at least one portion of said electrode is opposite to said power supply line, said capacity forming electrode being formed on said second substrate; and a capacity forming dielectric being arranged between the power supply line and the capacity forming electrode which are arranged opposite to each other. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a monolithic substrate having an external connection terminal comprising one or more portions arranged parallel to an edge of said substrate for making an electrical connection external to said semiconductor device; an active device semiconductor circuit formed on said substrate, said active device circuit having a plurality of circuit input points associated therewith; an electrical conductor formed on said substrate for making an electrical connection between said external connection terminal and a plurality of said circuit input points, wherein said electrical conductor comprises a plurality of conductive line portions each of which has an electrical resistance of a predetermined value, such that different conductive paths from said external connection terminal to each input point in said active device circuit have substantially uniform resistances.
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74. In a semiconductor device having an active device circuit formed on a monolithic substrate, an external connection terminal for making an electrical connection with an another circuit aside from said active device circuit, said external connection terminal being formed on an edge of said substrate, and a signal line formed on said substrate for conducting an input signal from the external connection terminal to various points in said active device circuit, a method for compensating for a characteristic phase shift in the input signal due to waveform deterioration along the length of said signal line, comprising the steps of:
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generating a waveform deterioration response signal component, said waveform deterioration response signal component produced by a phase characteristic improvement circuit also formed on said substrate; and combining the waveform deterioration response signal component with the input signal on said signal line so as to coincide with rising or falling edge components of said input signal.
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75. In a semiconductor device having an active device circuit formed on a monolithic substrate, and a signal line formed on said substrate for conducting an input signal from an external connection terminal to various input points in said active device circuit, a method for improving characteristics of the input signal, comprising the steps of:
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forming said external connection terminal as one or more portions arranged parallel to an edge of said substrate for making an electrical connection external to said substrate; and forming said signal line as a plurality of connected portions consisting of electrically conductive lines of varying widths, each of which has an electrical resistance of a predetermined value such that different conductive paths from said external connection terminal to each input point in said active device circuit have substantially uniform resistance.
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