Patent ID: 9379713
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F,G11C,H03K

Claim Text:
1. A semiconductor device comprising: a reconfigurable circuit comprising a first wiring group, a second wiring group, a switch array matrix, and a logic circuit, the logic circuit comprising a switch, wherein the switch array matrix comprises a plurality of programmable switches, wherein signals are configured to be input to the logic circuit via a plurality of wirings of the second wiring group, wherein an output of the logic circuit is configured to be input to the first wiring group via the switch, wherein each of the plurality of programmable switches is configured to make an electrical connection and an electrical disconnection between one wiring of the first wiring group and one wiring of the second wiring group, and wherein the reconfigurable circuit is configured to function as a test circuit when a test for a chip is performed, function as a nonvolatile memory storing a startup routine program when a processor starts up, and function as a memory in a normal operation.