Programmable logic device

• US 8,476,927 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2012
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nishijima, Tatsuji
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, ANH Q
• Application Number:
  US13/453,147
• Publication Number:
  US 20120274355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 326/40
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/11803 using field effect technology
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 19/17728 Reconfigurable logic blocks, e.g. lookup tables
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 19/1776 for memories
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 19/17772 for powering on or off

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a programmable logic device which has short start-up time after supply of power is stopped, is highly integrated, and operates with low power. In a programmable logic device including an input/output block, a plurality of logic blocks each including a logic element, and a wiring connecting the plurality of logic blocks, the logic element has a configuration memory for holding configuration data and a look-up table including a selection circuit. The configuration memory includes a plurality of memory elements each of which includes a transistor whose channel region is in an oxide semiconductor film and an arithmetic circuit provided between the transistor and the selection circuit. Configuration data is selectively changed and output by the selection circuit in accordance with an input signal.

Claims

1. A programmable logic device comprising:

an input/output block; and

a plurality of logic blocks, wherein each of the plurality of logic blocks comprises a logic element comprising a look-up table comprising;

a configuration memory holding configuration data; and

a selection circuit,

wherein the configuration memory comprises 2^N (N is a natural number) memory elements

wherein each of the 2^N memory elements comprises;

a transistor comprises a channel region comprising an oxide semiconductor film; and

an arithmetic circuit,

wherein the configuration memory holds configuration data in a connection portion between one of a source and a drain of the transistor and the arithmetic circuit, and

wherein the selection circuit outputs a signal in accordance with output signals of the 2^N arithmetic circuit and signals of N input terminals.

2. The programmable logic device according to claim 1, further comprising a capacitor connected to the connection portion between the one of the source and the drain of the transistor and the arithmetic circuit.

3. The programmable logic device according to claim 1, wherein the arithmetic circuit is an inverter, a buffer, a NAND circuit, an AND circuit, a NOR circuit, or an OR circuit.

4. The programmable logic device according to claim 1, wherein the transistor whose channel region is in the oxide semiconductor film has a gate electrode connected to a word line and the other of the source and the drain connected to a bit line.

5. A programmable logic device comprising a look-up table comprising a memory element comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first gate, a first source, and a first drain;

a second transistor comprising a second gate, a second source, and a second drain;

a third transistor comprising a third gate, a third source, and a third drain;

a fourth transistor comprising a fourth gate, a fourth source, and a fourth drain; and

a fifth transistor comprising a fifth gate, a fifth source, and a fifth drain,

wherein the first transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the first gate is electrically connected to a word line,

wherein one of the first source and the first drain is electrically connected a bit line,

wherein the other of the first source and the first drain is electrically connected to the second gate and the third gate,

wherein one of the second source and the second drain is electrically connected to one of the third source and the third drain, the fourth gate, and the fifth gate,

wherein one of the fourth source and the fourth drain is electrically connected to one of the fifth source and the fifth drain, and an output terminal,

wherein the other of the second source and the second drain is electrically connected to the other of the fourth source and the fourth drain, and

wherein the other of the third source and the third drain is electrically connected to the other of the fifth source and the fifth drain.

6. The programmable logic device according to claim 5,

wherein each of the second transistor and the fourth transistor is an n-channel transistor, and

wherein each of the third transistor and the fifth transistor is a p-channel transistor.