Patent ID: 7610572
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: G06F,G11C,H01L,H03K

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor integrated circuit device formed on one chip comprising: a first functional block connected to a first power supply and a second power supply; a second functional block connected to the first power supply and a third power supply and communicating with the first functional block; a third functional block connected to the first power supply and a fourth power supply and communicating with the first functional block; a fourth functional block connected to the first power supply and a fifth power supply and communicating with the second functional block; a fifth functional block connected to the first power supply and a sixth power supply and communicating with the second functional block; a first power switch shutting down the first functional block; a second power switch shutting down the second functional block; a third power switch shutting down the third functional block; a fourth power switch shutting down the fourth functional block; and a fifth power switch shutting down the fifth functional block, wherein the second to sixth power supplies are independently supplied from each other, wherein the first functional block is shut down by the first switch only when the second to fifth functional blocks are shut down, wherein the second functional block is shut down by the second switch only when the fourth and fifth functional blocks are shut down, wherein a signal transmission between the second functional block and the third functional block is performed via the first functional block, wherein a signal transmission between the fourth functional block and the fifth functional block is performed via the first functional block or the second functional block, wherein a signal transmission between the fourth functional block and the third functional block is performed via the first functional block, wherein each of the signal transmission paths from the second functional block to the first functional block, from the third functional block to the first functional block, from the fourth functional block to each of the first and second functional blocks, and from the fifth functional block to each of the first and second functional blocks has an indefinite signal propagation prevention circuit, and wherein the signal transmissions paths from the first functional block to each of the second to fifth functional blocks, and from the second functional block to each of the fourth and fifth functional blocks have no indefinite signal propagation circuits.