Battery mounted integrated circuit device

• US 5,864,182 A
• Filed: 11/08/1993
• Issued: 01/26/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Electric Systems Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Fuji Electric Company Limited (Fuji Electric Systems Company Limited)
• Inventors: Matsuzaki, Kazuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Saadat, Mahshid D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CLARK, JASMINE JHIHAN B
• Application Number:
  US08/148,271
• Time in Patent Office: 1,905 Days
• Field of Search: 257/666, 257/924, 257/694, 257/798, 257/724, 365/226, 365/229, 365/63, 365/228, 235/492, 328/258
• US Class Current: 257/684
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 5/141 Battery and back-up supplies
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 5/147 Voltage reference generators, voltage or current regulators; Internally lowered supply levels; Compensation for voltage drops G11C5/141 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/49593 Battery in combination with a leadframe
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/58 Structural electrical arrangements for semiconductor devices not otherwise provided for , e.g. in combination with batteries H01L23/49593, H01L23/49596 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00 Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/0002 Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4257 Smart batteries, e.g. electronic circuits inside the housing of the cells or batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 6/188 Processes of manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 6/40 Printed batteries , e.g. thin film batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 6/5016 Multimode utilisation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A battery mounted integrated circuit device comprises a semiconductor chip in which an integrated circuit including a plurality of power receiving circuits with different operating voltages is formed; a thin film laminated battery made of a solid electrolytic film mounted on the semiconductor chip for producing a plurality of voltages; and a power source switch incorporated in said integrated circuit for connecting said battery to the power receiving circuits to supply the plurality of voltages from the battery to the power receiving circuits on demand.

Claims

1. A battery mounted integrated circuit device, comprising:

a semiconductor chip in which an integrated circuit including a plurality of power receiving circuits with different operating voltages is formed;

a thin film laminated battery, made of a solid electrolytic film mounted on said semiconductor chip, for producing a plurality of voltages; and

a power source switch incorporated in said integrated circuit for connecting said battery to said power receiving circuits to supply said plurality of voltages from said battery to said power receiving circuits on demand.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said battery is provided for each of the power receiving circuits with different operating voltages.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said battery comprises a plurality of battery units connected in series with each other.

4. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of voltages corresponds to a respective one of the different operating voltages.

5. A battery mounted integrated circuit device, comprising:

a semiconductor chip in which an integrated circuit including at least one power receiving circuit is formed;

a normal power source for supplying power to said integrated circuit;

a thin film laminated battery made of a solid electrolytic film mounted on said semiconductor chip; and

a power source switch incorporated in said integrated circuit for connecting said battery to said at least one power receiving circuit;

wherein said battery is previously charged by said normal npower source while said integrated circuit is being operated by said normal power source, and during power failure, said power source switch is automatically operated so that power is supplied from said battery to said at least one power receiving circuit.

6. A device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a low voltage detection circuit for detecting that voltage supplied from said normal at least one power source to said at least one power receiving circuit is lower than a predetermined value to turn on said power source switch.

7. A device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said at least one power receiving circuit comprises a RAM.

8. A device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said at least one power receiving circuit comprises a sensor circuit.

9. A device as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a capacitor incorporated in said integrated circuit for protecting a storage contents of said RAM during one of power switching and power failure.