Patent ID: 6677801
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: G05F,H01L

Abstract:
An internal power voltage generating circuit of a semiconductor device, the internal power voltage generating circuit comprising:a voltage dividing circuit comprising a field effect transistor and a plurality of resistances incorporated into a semiconductor chip, wherein the voltage dividing circuit divides an externally supplied power voltage into two different voltages depending upon whether the field effect transistor is in a conducting or a non-conducting state so that the dividing circuit outputs either of the different voltages to a plurality of transistors in the semiconductor chip given a constant externally supplied power voltage depending upon a threshold voltage of the field effect transistor, wherein the dividing circuit can output each of the different voltages given the constant externally supplied voltage, wherein the voltage dividing circuit is an automatic voltage adjusting circuit comprising a first circuit including a first resistance, and a second circuit in which a series circuit of a second resistance and the field effect transistor is connected in parallel to a third resistance, the first circuit being connected to the second circuit in series, a reference potential generating circuit for supplying a voltage that is applied to a gate electrode of the field effect transistor in the automatic voltage adjusting circuit; and wherein the reference potential generating circuit comprises a circuit in which a fourth resistance is connected in series to a diode, this circuit being utilized for dividing the externally supplied power voltage and outputting this divided voltage as a voltage that is applied to the gate electrode of the field effect transistor.